Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/liiva

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gléiˀwāˀ (whence Latvian glīve, Lithuanian glyvas).

Noun

*liiva[1]

  1. sand
    Synonym: *hëëta
Inflection
Inflection of *liiva
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *liiva *liivat
accusative *liivan *liivat
genitive *liivan *liivadën
*liivoidën
partitive *liivada *liivoida
inessive *liivassa
*liivahna 		*liivoissa
*liivoihna
elative *liivasta *liivoista
illative *liivahën *liivoihën
adessive *liivalla *liivoilla
ablative *liivalta *liivoilta
allative *liivalën
*liivalëk 		*liivoilën
*liivoilëk
essive *liivana *liivoina
translative *liivaksi *liivoiksi
instructive *liivan *liivoin
comitative *liivanëk *liivoinëk
abessive *liivatta *liivoitta
Descendants
  • Estonian: liiv
    • → Finnish: (dialectal) liiva (islands on the Gulf of Finland and Kymenlaakso coast)
  • Ingrian: liiva
  • Võro: liiv
  • Votic: liivõ

References

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *slīwą (whence Icelandic slý).

Noun

*liiva

  1. slime
    Synonym: *lima
Inflection
Inflection of *liiva
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *liiva *liivat
accusative *liivan *liivat
genitive *liivan *liivadën
*liivoidën
partitive *liivada *liivoida
inessive *liivassa
*liivahna 		*liivoissa
*liivoihna
elative *liivasta *liivoista
illative *liivahën *liivoihën
adessive *liivalla *liivoilla
ablative *liivalta *liivoilta
allative *liivalën
*liivalëk 		*liivoilën
*liivoilëk
essive *liivana *liivoina
translative *liivaksi *liivoiksi
instructive *liivan *liivoin
comitative *liivanëk *liivoinëk
abessive *liivatta *liivoitta
Descendants
  • Finnish: (obsolete) liiva
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: liivu

Further reading

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