Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lestäk
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather, collect, pick, ? clean, ? separate”).
Verb
*lestäk (stem *lese-)
- to dehusk (to remove the husk from)
Inflection
Inflection of *lestäk
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *lesen | *lesin | — | *leskon |
| 2nd sing. | *leset | *lesit | *lesek | *leskos |
| 3rd sing. | *lesebi *lesi |
*lesi | *leskähen | *leskohen |
| 1st plur. | *lesekmä | *lesimä | *leskädemä | *leskodemä |
| 2nd plur. | *lesektä | *lesidä | *leskädä | *leskottä |
| 3rd plur. | *lesebät *lesi |
*lesi | *leskähen | *leskohen |
| passive | *leseksen *leset'äksen |
*lestihen *lesettisen |
*lestägäsen *lesettäkähen |
*lestägosen *lesettäkohen |
| connegative | *lesek | — | *leskäk | *leskok |
| passive connegative | *lesektäk | — | *lestägäk *lesettägäk |
*lestägok *lesettägok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *lesekcin | *lesicin | *lessen | |
| 2nd sing. | *lesekcit | *lesicit | *lesset | |
| 3rd sing. | *lesekci | *lesici | *lessi | |
| 1st plur. | *lesekcimä | *lesicimä | *lessemä | |
| 2nd plur. | *lesekcitä | *lesicitä | *lessedä | |
| 3rd plur. | *lesekci | *lesici | *lessi | |
| passive | *lestäkcisen *leset'äkcihen |
*lesticisen *lesetticihen |
*lestänesen *lesettänehen | |
| connegative | *lesekcik | *lesicik | *lessek | |
| passive connegative | *lestäkcik *leset'äkcik |
*lesticik *lesetticik |
*lestänek *lesettänek | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *lestäk | present | *lesebä | *lestäbä *lesettäpä |
| infinitive 2 | *leste- | past | *lessüt | *lestü *lesettü |
| gerund/supine | *lesemä | negative | *lesemät'oin | |
| action noun | *leseminen | |||
Descendants
- Finnish: lestä
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: (dialectal) leššä
From *lesidäk (with *-idäk):
- Finnish: (dialectal) lesiä
From *lesen ? (“bran”):
- Estonian: (dialectal) lese
- Ingrian: lesemet pl
- Votic: lesemed pl
Further reading
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “lesiä”, in 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