Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leevä

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 1

    Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz.

    Adjective

    *leevä

    1. (of weather) mild, temperate
    Descendants
    • Estonian: (obsolete) leev, leeb

    Etymology 2

      Uncertain. Possibly but not certainly a semantic development from etymology 1.

      Adjective

      *leevä (Northern Finnic)

      1. (of yarn) lightly twisted or spun
      2. mild, weak
      Descendants
      • Finnish: lievä
      • Ingrian: lievä
      • Karelian: lievä
      • Livvi: lievy
      • Ludian: ľiev
      • Veps: lev, leb

      References

      • “leebe”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
      • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
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