Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/liiva
Proto-Finnic
Etymology 1
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gléiˀwāˀ (whence Latvian glīve, Lithuanian glyvas), from Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- (“to smear, stick”).[1]
Noun
*liiva[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *liiva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *liiva | *liivat | |
| accusative | *liivan | *liivat | |
| genitive | *liivan | *liivadën *liivoidën | |
| partitive | *liivada | *liivoida | |
| inessive | *liivassa *liivahna |
*liivoissa *liivoihna | |
| elative | *liivasta | *liivoista | |
| illative | *liivahën | *liivoihën | |
| adessive | *liivalla | *liivoilla | |
| ablative | *liivalta | *liivoilta | |
| allative | *liivalën *liivalëk |
*liivoilën *liivoilëk | |
| essive | *liivana | *liivoina | |
| translative | *liivaksi | *liivoiksi | |
| instructive | *liivan | *liivoin | |
| comitative | *liivanëk | *liivoinëk | |
| abessive | *liivatta | *liivoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: liiv
- → Finnish: (dialectal) liiva (islands on the Gulf of Finland and Kymenlaakso coast)
- Ingrian: liiva
- Võro: liiv
- Votic: liivõ
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “gel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 356-64
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*liiva”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][1] (in Finnish)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *slīwą (whence Icelandic slý), probably related to *slīmą (“slime”).
Noun
*liiva
Inflection
Inflection of *liiva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *liiva | *liivat | |
| accusative | *liivan | *liivat | |
| genitive | *liivan | *liivadën *liivoidën | |
| partitive | *liivada | *liivoida | |
| inessive | *liivassa *liivahna |
*liivoissa *liivoihna | |
| elative | *liivasta | *liivoista | |
| illative | *liivahën | *liivoihën | |
| adessive | *liivalla | *liivoilla | |
| ablative | *liivalta | *liivoilta | |
| allative | *liivalën *liivalëk |
*liivoilën *liivoilëk | |
| essive | *liivana | *liivoina | |
| translative | *liivaksi | *liivoiksi | |
| instructive | *liivan | *liivoin | |
| comitative | *liivanëk | *liivoinëk | |
| abessive | *liivatta | *liivoitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “liiv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012