Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanka

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 *langô (whence Icelandic langi (“rectum of a bovine”)), from Proto-Germanic *langaz. Cognate with Proto-Samic *luoŋkē (“rectum”).

Noun

*lanka[1]

  1. yarn
  2. thread

Inflection

Inflection of *lanka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lanka *langat
accusative *langan *langat
genitive *langan *lankadën
*lankoidën
partitive *lankada *lankoida
inessive *langassa
*langahna 		*langoissa
*langoihna
elative *langasta *langoista
illative *lankahën *lankoihën
adessive *langalla *langoilla
ablative *langalta *langoilta
allative *lankalën
*lankalëk 		*lankoilën
*lankoilëk
essive *lankana *lankoina
translative *langaksi *langoiksi
instructive *langan *langoin
comitative *lankanëk *lankoinëk
abessive *langatta *langoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: lõng
  • Finnish: lanka
  • Ingrian: lanka
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: lānga
  • Livvi: langu
  • Ludian: lang
  • Veps: lang
  • Võro: lang
  • Votic: lõnkõ

References

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

Further reading

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