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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laki
 | 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 [Term?] (whence Old Norse flaki).
Noun
*laki
- ceiling
Inflection
Inflection of *laki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *laki | *laget | |
| accusative | *lagen | *laget | |
| genitive | *lagen | *lakeden *lakiden | |
| partitive | *lakeda | *lakida | |
| inessive | *lagessa *lagehna | *lagissa *lagihna | |
| elative | *lagesta | *lagista | |
| illative | *lakehen | *lakihen | |
| adessive | *lagella | *lagilla | |
| ablative | *lagelta | *lagilta | |
| allative | *lakelen *lakelek | *lakilen *lakilek | |
| essive | *lakena | *lakina | |
| translative | *lageksi | *lagiksi | |
| instructive | *lagen | *lagin | |
| comitative | *lakenek | *lakinek | |
| abessive | *lagetta | *lagitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: lagi
- Finnish: laki
- Ingrian: laki
- → Votic: laki
- Karelian: laki (Northern), lagi (Southern)
- Livonian: la’ggõz
- Livvi: lagi
- Ludian: lagi
- Veps: lagi
- Võro: lagi
- Votic: (Kattila) latši
Further reading
- lagi in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN