Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aktadak

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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]

From Proto-Uralic *ëkta-. Finnish and Võro show also a meaning "to cram", by contamination with the Baltic loanword *ahtas.

Verb[edit]

*aktadak (stem *akta-)

  1. to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a grain cabin; or nets to dry.

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: ahtma/ahta
  • Finnish: ahtaa
  • Karelian: ahtoa
  • Livvi: ahtua
  • Ludian: ahtada
  • Veps: ahtta
  • Võro: atma/attaq
  • Votic: ahta

References[edit]

  • ahtma”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN