Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leevä

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 1

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz.

Adjective

*leevä

(of weather) mild, temperate

Descendants

Estonian: (obsolete) leev, leeb

Etymology 2

Possibly but not certainly a semantic development from etymology 1.

Adjective

(Northern Finnic) *leevä

(of yarn) lightly twisted or spun
mild, weak

Descendants

Finnish: lievä
Ingrian: lievä
Karelian: lievä
Ludian: ľiev
Veps: lev, leb

Related terms

*leepedä

References

leebe 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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