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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanka
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *langô (whence Icelandic langi (“rectum of a bovine”)), from Proto-Germanic *langaz. Cognate with Proto-Samic *luoŋkē (“rectum”).
Noun
*lanka
- thread, yarn
Inflection
Inflection of *lanka
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *lanka | *langat | |
accusative | *langan | *langat | |
genitive | *langan | *lankaden *lankoiden | |
partitive | *lankada | *lankoida | |
inessive | *langassa | *langoissa | |
elative | *langasta | *langoista | |
illative | *lankahen | *lankoihen | |
adessive | *langalla | *langoilla | |
ablative | *langalta | *langoilta | |
allative | *lankalek | *lankoilek | |
essive | *lankana | *lankoina | |
translative | *langaksi | *langoiksi | |
instructive | *langan | *langoin | |
comitative | *lankanek | *lankoinek | |
abessive | *langakta | *langoikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: lõng
- Finnish: lanka
- Ingrian: lanka
- Karelian: lanka, langa
- Livonian: lānga
- Livvi: langu
- Ludian: lang
- Veps: lang
- Võro: lang
- Votic: lõnka
Further reading
- lõng in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN