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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lakso

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

Alternative forms
  • *laksu

Etymology

According to Kallio (2022), possibly a more recent Baltic borrowing from the same source as *lakci (“bay, gulf”), specifically from a form like *lanktja- (borrowed into Early Proto-Finnic *lakća or Middle Proto-Finnic *lakca).[1]

Noun

*lakso[2]

  1. (wet) valley, depression

Inflection
Inflection of *lakso
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lakso *laksot
accusative *lakson *laksot
genitive *lakson *laksodën
*laksoidën
partitive *laksoda *laksoida
inessive *laksossa
*laksohna		 *laksoissa
*laksoihna
elative *laksosta *laksoista
illative *laksohën *laksoihën
adessive *laksolla *laksoilla
ablative *laksolta *laksoilta
allative *laksolën
*laksolëk		 *laksoilën
*laksoilëk
essive *laksona *laksoina
translative *laksoksi *laksoiksi
instructive *lakson *laksoin
comitative *laksonëk *laksoinëk
abessive *laksotta *laksoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal, Martna) laks (“puddle”)
  • Finnish: laakso (“valley”), (dialectal) lakso
  • Ingrian: laksu (“glade, field”), lakso
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: lakšu (“glen”)
  • Veps: laks (“ravine”)

References
  1. Petri Kallio (2022) “The etymology of Finnish laakso 'valley'”, in Jeremy Bradley, editor, Tonavan Laakso: Eine Festschrift für Johanna Laakso (Central European Uralic Studies), volume 2, Praesens Verlag, →ISBN, pages 56–62
  2. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*lakso”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “laakso”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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