Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/väledä

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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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From the same root *väl- as Finnish välähtää and *välkküdäk +‎ *-ëda.

Adjective

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*väledä

  1. fast, quick, rapid
    Synonym: *nopëda

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: väle
  • Finnish: (dialectal) väleä
  • Ingrian: väljää, vällää ("soon")
  • Karelian: väleän (quickly)
  • Võro: välle

Further reading

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