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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/liina
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *līną
Noun
*liina
- (Northern Finnic) flax
- Synonym: *pellavas
- (Northern Finnic) hemp
Inflection
Inflection of *liina
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *liina | *liinat | |
accusative | *liinan | *liinat | |
genitive | *liinan | *liinaden *liinoiden | |
partitive | *liinada | *liinoida | |
inessive | *liinassa | *liinoissa | |
elative | *liinasta | *liinoista | |
illative | *liinahen | *liinoihen | |
adessive | *liinalla | *liinoilla | |
ablative | *liinalta | *liinoilta | |
allative | *liinalen | *liinoilen | |
essive | *liinana | *liinoina | |
translative | *liinaksi | *liinoiksi | |
instructive | *liinan | *liinoin | |
comitative | *liinanek | *liinoinek | |
abessive | *liinakta | *liinoikta |
Descendants
- Finnish: liina
- Ingrian: liina
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: liina
- South Karelian: liina
- Livvi: liinu
- Ludian: liin
- Veps: lin
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “liina”, 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