Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-udak
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *-w-. Compare -в- (-v-) in Erzya неевемс (ńejevems, “to be visible, appear”).
Suffix
[edit]*-udak / *-üdäk (stem *-u- / *-ü-)
- Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: -ua
Further reading
[edit]- Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.