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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lonk'at'ak

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

Sound-symbolic origin.

Verb

*lonk'at'ak (stem *lonkkada-)

  1. to limp

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: lonkama/longata
  • Finnish: (dialectal) lonkata, klonkata
  • Livonian: lonkõ
  • Votic: lonkõtõ

Further reading

  • lonkama in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), lonkata”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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