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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lako

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lagą (whence Old Norse lag (“stratum, layer, due place, right position”)).

Noun

*lako

  1. lodging (condition of a plant being flattened in the field)

Inflection
Inflection of *lako
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lako *lagot
accusative *lagon *lagot
genitive *lagon *lakodën
*lakoidën
partitive *lakoda *lakoida
inessive *lagossa
*lagohna		 *lagoissa
*lagoihna
elative *lagosta *lagoista
illative *lakohën *lakoihën
adessive *lagolla *lagoilla
ablative *lagolta *lagoilta
allative *lakolën
*lakolëk		 *lakoilën
*lakoilëk
essive *lakona *lakoina
translative *lagoksi *lagoiksi
instructive *lagon *lagoin
comitative *lakonëk *lakoinëk
abessive *lagotta *lagoitta

Derived terms
  • *lagot'ak

Descendants
  • Estonian: lagu
  • Finnish: lako
  • Ingrian: lako
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: lako
    • South Karelian: lago
  • Livvi: lago
  • Ludian: lago
  • Veps: lago
  • Votic: lako

Further reading
  • “lagu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lako”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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