Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ludëk

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

According to SSA and EES, probably sound-symbolic,^[1]^[2] compare *lat'ikka.

Noun

*ludëk^[3]

(flat) parasitic insect/worm

Inflection

Inflection of *ludëk

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*ludëk	*lutëgët
accusative	*lutëgën	*lutëgët
genitive	*lutëgën	lutëgëdën lutëgidën
partitive	*lutëgëta	*lutëgita
inessive	lutëgëssa lutëgëhna	lutëgissa lutëgihna
elative	*lutëgësta	*lutëgista
illative	*lutëgësën	*lutëgisën
adessive	*lutëgëlla	*lutëgilla
ablative	*lutëgëlta	*lutëgilta
allative	lutëgëlën lutëgëlëk	lutëgilën lutëgilëk
essive	*lutëgëna	*lutëgina
translative	*lutëgëksi	*lutëgiksi
instructive	*lutëgën	*lutëgin
comitative	*lutëgënëk	*lutëginëk
abessive	*lutëgëtta	*lutëgitta

Descendants

Finnish: lude (“bedbug”)
Ludian: lude (“bedbug”)
Veps: ludeg (“bedbug”)
Võro: lutõq (“liver fluke”)

From *lutikka, *lutik'as:

Estonian: lutikas
Finnish: lutikka
⇒ Ingrian: lucikkain
Karelian:
- North Karelian: lutikka
- South Karelian: lutikka
Livvi: lutikku
Ludian: lutik
Votic: lutikkõ
→ Komi-Zyrian: лудік (ludik)

References

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lude”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (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
^ “lutikas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ludëk”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

[1] Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lude”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (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

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

[3] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ludëk”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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