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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/liiva

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian glīve, Lithuanian glyvas).

Noun

*liiva

  1. sand
    Synonym: *hëëta
Inflection
Descendants
  • Estonian: liiv
    • Finnish: (dialectal) liiva (islands on the Gulf of Finland and Kymenlaakso coast)
  • Ingrian: liiva
  • Võro: liiv
  • Votic: liivõ

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *slīwą (whence Icelandic slý).

Noun

*liiva

  1. slime
    Synonym: *lima
Inflection
Descendants
  • Finnish: (obsolete) liiva
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: liivu

Further reading

  • liiv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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