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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lakja
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *flakaz, *flakją, or from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*lāgijaʀ) (whence Old Norse lægr).
Adjective
*lakja
- wide, broad
Inflection
Inflection of *lakja
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *lakja | *lakjat | |
accusative | *lakjan | *lakjat | |
genitive | *lakjan | *lakjaden *lakjoiden | |
partitive | *lakjada | *lakjoida | |
inessive | *lakjassa | *lakjoissa | |
elative | *lakjasta | *lakjoista | |
illative | *lakjahen | *lakjoihen | |
adessive | *lakjalla | *lakjoilla | |
ablative | *lakjalta | *lakjoilta | |
allative | *lakjalen | *lakjoilen | |
essive | *lakjana | *lakjoina | |
translative | *lakjaksi | *lakjoiksi | |
instructive | *lakjan | *lakjoin | |
comitative | *lakjanek | *lakjoinek | |
abessive | *lakjakta | *lakjoikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: lai
- →? Ingrian: laija
- Finnish: laaja
- → Karelian: loaja
- Livonian: laigā
- Võro: lag'a, lagja
- Votic: laďďa
Further reading
- lai in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN