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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leuka

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

Suggested to be a borrowing from early Baltic *leukā (glands in an animal's neck) (whence e.g. Lithuanian liauka (gland)). Several descendants (Ingrian, eastern dialects of Finnish, Karelian, Lule Sami) have a secondary meaning "part in a seine delineating the entrance to the bottommost section".

Noun

*leuka

  1. chin, jaw

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: lõug
  • Finnish: leuka
  • Ingrian: leuka
  • Karelian: (Northern) leuka, (Southern) leuga
  • Livonian: lȭga
  • Livvi: leugu
  • Ludian: löug
  • Veps: löug, lüug
  • Votic: lõukõ
  • Lule Sami: leuke

References

  • lõug in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) 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
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