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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanka

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *langô (whence Icelandic langi (rectum of a bovine)), from Proto-Germanic *langaz. Cognate with Proto-Samic *luoŋkē (rectum).

Noun

*lanka[1]

  1. yarn
  2. thread

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: lõng
  • Finnish: lanka
  • Ingrian: lanka
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: lānga
  • Livvi: langu
  • Ludian: lang
  • Veps: lang
  • Võro: lang
  • Votic: lõnkõ

References

  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–), *lanka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • lõng in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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