Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lakci

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From earlier *lakti (compare Proto-Samic *luoktë), borrowed from Baltic *lankti- (compare e.g. Lithuanian lanktis (“arc”), lanka (“valley, meadow”); Latvian līcis (“bay”)).

Noun

*lakci

bay, gulf

Inflection

Inflection of *lakci

	singular	plural
nominative	*lakci	*laktet
accusative	*lakten	*laktet
genitive	*lakten	lakten lakciden
partitive	*lakta	*lakcida
inessive	*laktessa	*lakcissa
elative	*laktesta	*lakcista
illative	*laktehen	*lakcihen
adessive	*laktella	*lakcilla
ablative	*laktelta	*lakcilta
allative	*laktelek	*lakcilek
essive	*laktena	*lakcina
translative	*lakteksi	*lakciksi
instructive	*lakten	*lakcin
comitative	*laktenek	*lakcinek
abessive	*laktekta	*lakcikta

Descendants

Most descendants have -ht- in the nominative form, but this must be analogical, due to the word being mostly used in inflected forms. Swedish lax, common in placenames in Finland, preserves the Old Finnish form.

Estonian: laht
- Võro: laht' (cannot be native, as kt develops to tt in Võro)
Finnish: lahti, (archaic) laksi.
Ingrian: lahti
Karelian: laksi
Livvi: lahti
Ludian: laht
Veps: laht
Votic: lahti
→ Russian: (dialectal) лахта (laxta)

References

laht in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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