Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/luhta

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

From earlier *lušta, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian luksts, Lithuanian lukštas (“Caltha palustris”)).

Noun

*luhta[1]

  1. sedge (plant)
  2. flood-meadow

Inflection

Inflection of *luhta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *luhta *luhtat
accusative *luhtan *luhtat
genitive *luhtan *luhtadën
*luhtëidën
partitive *luhtada *luhtëida
inessive *luhtassa
*luhtahna 		*luhtëissa
*luhtëihna
elative *luhtasta *luhtëista
illative *luhtahën *luhtëihën
adessive *luhtalla *luhtëilla
ablative *luhtalta *luhtëilta
allative *luhtalën
*luhtalëk 		*luhtëilën
*luhtëilëk
essive *luhtana *luhtëina
translative *luhtaksi *luhtëiksi
instructive *luhtan *luhtëin
comitative *luhtanëk *luhtëinëk
abessive *luhtatta *luhtëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: luht
  • Finnish: luhta
  • Ingrian: luhta
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: luhtu
  • Ludian: luht
  • Veps: luht
  • Võro: luht
  • Votic: luhtõ

References

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

Further reading

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