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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lakka
 | 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
Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse flaki). Doublet of *laki.
Noun
*lakka
- canopy, shelter
- loft, attic
Inflection
Inflection of *lakka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lakka | *lak'at | |
| accusative | *lak'an | *lak'at | |
| genitive | *lak'an | *lakkaden *lakkoiden | |
| partitive | *lakkada | *lakkoida | |
| inessive | *lak'assa *lak'ahna | *lak'oissa *lak'oihna | |
| elative | *lak'asta | *lak'oista | |
| illative | *lakkahen | *lakkoihen | |
| adessive | *lak'alla | *lak'oilla | |
| ablative | *lak'alta | *lak'oilta | |
| allative | *lakkalen *lakkalek | *lakkoilen *lakkoilek | |
| essive | *lakkana | *lakkoina | |
| translative | *lak'aksi | *lak'oiksi | |
| instructive | *lak'an | *lak'oin | |
| comitative | *lakkanek | *lakkoinek | |
| abessive | *lak'atta | *lak'oitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: lakk
- Finnish: lakka
- Ingrian: lakka
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: lakka
- South Karelian: lakka
- Livonian: lakād pl
- Livvi: lakku
- Võro: lakk
- Votic:
- Kukkuzi: lakka
Further reading
- lakk in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lakka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN