Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lauka

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

Unknown.

Adjective

*lauka^[1]

synonym of *laukëda

Noun

*lauka

a shallow (place in a body of water)

Inflection

Inflection of *lauka

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*lauka	*laugat
accusative	*laugan	*laugat
genitive	*laugan	laukadën laukëidën
partitive	*laukada	*laukëida
inessive	laugassa laugahna	laugëissa laugëihna
elative	*laugasta	*laugëista
illative	*laukahën	*laukëihën
adessive	*laugalla	*laugëilla
ablative	*laugalta	*laugëilta
allative	laukalën laukalëk	laukëilën laukëilëk
essive	*laukana	*laukëina
translative	*laugaksi	*laugëiksi
instructive	*laugan	*laugëin
comitative	*laukanëk	*laukëinëk
abessive	*laugatta	*laugëitta

Derived terms

? *laugas (“puddle, quagmire”) (if not from Proto-Germanic *laukō, compare dialectal German Lauch (“mountain pass; lid, trapdoor”))
*laugët'ak
*laukëda

Descendants

Estonian: laug
Finnish: (dialectal) lauka (“shallow shore; calm sea”)

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*lauka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

“laug³”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “laukea”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*lauka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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