Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/välkküdäk

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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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Probably somehow derived from *välkedä, which in turn is a fronted variant of *valkëda.

Verb

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*välkküdäk (stem *välkkü-)

  1. to twinkle, to sparkle
  2. to lighten, to flash

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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