Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tup'ëhtudak

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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]

Back-vowel variant of *tüp'ehtüdäk, derived from *tüppidäk. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix

Verb[edit]

*tup'ëhtudak (stem *tup'ëhtu-) (Northern Finnic)

  1. to suffocate
  2. to smother, to extinguish

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Finnish: (dialectal) tupehtua
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: tupehtuo
  • Ludian: tupehtuda
  • Veps: tupehtuda

From *tüp'ehtüdäk

Further reading[edit]

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tupehtua”, in 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