Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/levedä

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

Probably *levä- +‎ *-edä (whence Finnish levällään).

Adjective

*levedä

  1. wide

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: leveä
  • Ingrian: levviä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: levei
  • Ludian: leved
  • Veps: leved
  • Votic: (Mati, rare) leviä

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “leveä”, 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