Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lookka

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

Borrowed from late Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ or early Old East Slavic лѫкъ (lǫkŭ).

Noun

*lookka[1]

  1. arch, bow
  2. shaft bow

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: look
  • Finnish: luokka (traditionally found in Western Finnish)
    • Karelian:
  • Ingrian: lookka
  • Livonian: lūok, lūokõ
  • Võro: lu̬u̬k
  • Votic: lookkõ

From *lookki (with *-i?):

  • Finnish: luokki (traditionally found in Savonian dialects)
  • Karelian:

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*lookka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)