Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tëmbait'ak

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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]

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian tiept and Lithuanian tempti), adapted with *-ait'ak.

Verb[edit]

*tëmbait'ak (stem *tëmpaida-)

  1. to pull, to yank

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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