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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laikka

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 1

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.

Noun

*laikka

  1. spot, splotch

Inflection

Descendants

From *laikka:

  • Finnish: laikka

From *laikku, *laikko:

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laikaz (whence Old English lāc (gift, offering)).

Noun

*laikka

  1. gift

Inflection

Descendants

From *laikka:

From *laikko:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) laikko

Further reading

  • laik”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “laikka”, 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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