< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leeka
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lēgō, whence also Middle Dutch lage (“trap, snare”).
Noun
*leeka
- tether
Inflection
Inflection of *leeka
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *leeka | *leegat | |
accusative | *leegan | *leegat | |
genitive | *leegan | *leekaden *leekoiden | |
partitive | *leekada | *leekoida | |
inessive | *leegassa | *leegoissa | |
elative | *leegasta | *leegoista | |
illative | *leekahen | *leekoihen | |
adessive | *leegalla | *leegoilla | |
ablative | *leegalta | *leegoilta | |
allative | *leekalek | *leekoilek | |
essive | *leekana | *leekoina | |
translative | *leegaksi | *leegoiksi | |
instructive | *leegan | *leegoin | |
comitative | *leekanek | *leekoinek | |
abessive | *leegakta | *leegoikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: lõõg
- Finnish: lieka
- Ingrian: leeka
- Karelian: lieka, liega
- Livvi: liegu
- Veps: leg
- Võro: lyig
- Votic: lõõka
Further reading
- lõõg in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN