Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pettädäk

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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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian spiest and Lithuanian spęsti) (derived with +‎ *-tädäk, i.e. *pe(n)t-tä-), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *spenˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (to draw, stretch) (whence also Latin pendō (I hang)).

Verb

*pettädäk (stem *pettä-)[1]

  1. to betray
  2. to deceive
  3. to lie

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pettä-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

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