Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/satadak

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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 1[edit]

From Proto-Uralic *śada- (to rain).

Verb[edit]

*satadak (stem *sata-)

  1. to fall, to drop (from height)
  2. to precipitate (i.e. fall from the sky), to rain, to snow

Usage notes[edit]

When used impersonally, the implied meaning would have been "it is raining". The type of precipitation was specified, if necessary, with the noun in the partitive: *satabi vettä (it's raining water/actual rain), *satabi lunta (it's snowing), *satabi rakehita (it's hailing).

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Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Uralic *čača- (to grow).

Verb[edit]

*satadak (stem *sata-)

  1. to yield crop

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Finnish: (dialectal) sataa

Further reading[edit]

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sataa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN