Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/neetädäk

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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]

Unknown.

Verb[edit]

*neetädäk (stem *neetä-)

  1. to curse, to swear
    Synonym: *kirot'ak

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: needma/needa
  • Finnish: (obsolete) nietää

Further reading[edit]

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