Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leeci

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

Proposed to be an old borrowing from Proto-Germanic *slēdaz or *slēdiz, reflected in Old High German slāt (Modern German Schlot (“chimney”)); however, this is uncertain, as no other Germanic cognates of this word are known.

Noun

*leeci^[1]

hearth, stove

Inflection

Inflection of *leeci

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*leeci	*leedet
accusative	*leeden	*leedet
genitive	*leeden	leet'en leeciden
partitive	*leettä	*leecidä
inessive	leedessä leedehnä	leecissä leecihnä
elative	*leedestä	*leecistä
illative	*leetehen	*leecihen
adessive	*leedellä	*leecillä
ablative	*leedeltä	*leeciltä
allative	leetelen leetelek	leecilen leecilek
essive	*leennä	*leecinä
translative	*leedeksi	*leeciksi
instructive	*leeden	*leecin
comitative	*leennek	*leecinek
abessive	*leedettä	*leecittä

Descendants

Estonian: lee
Finnish: liesi
Ingrian: leesi
Karelian: liijos
Livonian: līedõg
Veps: lezi
Votic: (Kattila) leesi

References

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

“lee”, 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), 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

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

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