Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ldak

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *-le-. Cognates include Proto-Samic *-ëlëtēk, Proto-Mordvinic *-ĺə, Proto-Permic *-alni, Hungarian -l. In Finnic, the suffix consistently induces a stem vowel change *-A- > *-e-; this appears to be some kind of a regular change also found with some other suffixes, such as the comparative suffix *-mpi (see for more) and the translative verb suffix *-t'ak.

Suffix

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*-ldak / *-ldäk (stem *-lë- / *-le-)

  1. Forms frequentative verbs.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: -lema/-leda
  • Finnish: -ella
  • Ingrian: -ella