Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëik'at'ak

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëik'at'ak. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëik'at'ak, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëik'at'ak in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëik'at'ak you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëik'at'ak will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëik'at'ak, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną (to bleach), in which case the semantic shift could be explained through a meaning like "to strike/cut a mark into wood (to strip away the bark and reveal the lighter-colored wood within)";[1] in any case, contains the suffix +‎ *-t'ak.

Verb

*lëik'at'ak (stem *lëikkada-)[2]

  1. to cut

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Schalin, Johan. Östskandinavisk utveckling av den urnordiska ai-diftongen och palatalt r i ljuset av finska ljudsubstitutioner, pp. 247–248, in Studier i svensk språkhistoria 13. Umeå Studies in Language and Literature. Umeå. 2016. pp. 241–262
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*lëikkada-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

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