Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/länci

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

Unknown. Has been hypothesized to be a variant of *lanci (“lowland”).

Noun

*länci[1]

  1. west

Inflection

Inflection of *länci
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *länci *ländet
accusative *länden *ländet
genitive *länden *lät'en
*länciden
partitive *lättä *läncidä
inessive *ländessä
*ländehnä 		*läncissä
*läncihnä
elative *ländestä *läncistä
illative *läntehen *läncihen
adessive *ländellä *läncillä
ablative *ländeltä *länciltä
allative *läntelen
*läntelek 		*läncilen
*läncilek
essive *lännä *läncinä
translative *ländeksi *länciksi
instructive *länden *läncin
comitative *lännek *läncinek
abessive *ländettä *läncittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: lääs
  • Finnish: länsi
  • Ingrian: läns
  • Karelian: länši
  • Livonian: lēņtš
  • Votic: länsi, lääsi

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*länci”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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