Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nitodak

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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 earlier *nita- +‎ *-odak, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ńida-, possibly borrowed from an Indo-European language (compare Sanskrit नह्यति (nahyati, to tie, bind)). Cognates include Proto-Samic *ńëδētēk, Erzya недямс (ńeďams).

Verb[edit]

*nitodak (stem *nito-)

  1. to bind, to tie, to fasten

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: niduma/niduda
  • Finnish: nitoa
  • Ingrian: nittoa
  • Karelian: nituo
  • Livvi: niduo
  • Ludian: nidoda
  • Votic: (Rajo) nitoa

Further reading[edit]

  • niduma”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1442 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.