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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëëska

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

Probably sound-symbolic.

Noun

*lëëska

  1. flame

Inflection
Inflection of *lëëska
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lëëska *lëëskat
accusative *lëëskan *lëëskat
genitive *lëëskan *lëëskadën
*lëëskoidën
partitive *lëëskada *lëëskoida
inessive *lëëskassa
*lëëskahna		 *lëëskoissa
*lëëskoihna
elative *lëëskasta *lëëskoista
illative *lëëskahën *lëëskoihën
adessive *lëëskalla *lëëskoilla
ablative *lëëskalta *lëëskoilta
allative *lëëskalën
*lëëskalëk		 *lëëskoilën
*lëëskoilëk
essive *lëëskana *lëëskoina
translative *lëëskaksi *lëëskoiksi
instructive *lëëskan *lëëskoin
comitative *lëëskanëk *lëëskoinëk
abessive *lëëskatta *lëëskoitta

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: lõõsk
  • Finnish: lieska
  • Ingrian: leeska
  • Karelian:
  • Votic: lõõska (Kattila)

Further reading
  • “lõõsk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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