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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laikka

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 1

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.

Noun

*laikka

  1. spot, splotch

Inflection
Inflection of *laikka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *laikka *laik'at
accusative *laik'an *laik'at
genitive *laik'an *laikkadën
*laikkoidën
partitive *laikkada *laikkoida
inessive *laik'assa
*laik'ahna		 *laik'oissa
*laik'oihna
elative *laik'asta *laik'oista
illative *laikkahën *laikkoihën
adessive *laik'alla *laik'oilla
ablative *laik'alta *laik'oilta
allative *laikkalën
*laikkalëk		 *laikkoilën
*laikkoilëk
essive *laikkana *laikkoina
translative *laik'aksi *laik'oiksi
instructive *laik'an *laik'oin
comitative *laikkanëk *laikkoinëk
abessive *laik'atta *laik'oitta

Descendants

From *laikka:

  • Finnish: laikka

From *laikku, *laikko:

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laikaz (whence Old English lāc (“gift, offering”)).

Noun

*laikka

  1. gift

Inflection
Inflection of *laikka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *laikka *laik'at
accusative *laik'an *laik'at
genitive *laik'an *laikkadën
*laikkoidën
partitive *laikkada *laikkoida
inessive *laik'assa
*laik'ahna		 *laik'oissa
*laik'oihna
elative *laik'asta *laik'oista
illative *laikkahën *laikkoihën
adessive *laik'alla *laik'oilla
ablative *laik'alta *laik'oilta
allative *laikkalën
*laikkalëk		 *laikkoilën
*laikkoilëk
essive *laikkana *laikkoina
translative *laik'aksi *laik'oiksi
instructive *laik'an *laik'oin
comitative *laikkanëk *laikkoinëk
abessive *laik'atta *laik'oitta

Descendants

From *laikka:

From *laikko:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) laikko

Further reading
  • “laik”, 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), “laikka”, 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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