Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pestäk

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *pese-, possibly an old loanword from Proto-Indo-European *bʰes- (to rub).

Noun

*pestäk (stem *pese-)[1]

  1. to wash
    Synonym: *moskëdak

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pese-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)