Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kiusat'ak

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *keusaną +‎ *-t'ak.

Verb[edit]

*kiusat'ak (stem *kiusada-)

  1. to tease
  2. to bother
  3. to torment

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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