Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/satadak

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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 1

From Proto-Uralic *śada- (to rain).

Verb

*satadak (stem *sata-)[1]

  1. to fall, to drop (from height)
  2. to precipitate (i.e. fall from the sky), to rain, to snow

Usage notes

When used impersonally, the implied meaning would have been "it is raining". The type of precipitation was specified, if necessary, with the noun in the partitive: *satabi vettä (it's raining water/actual rain), *satabi lunta (it's snowing), *satabi rakehita (it's hailing).

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Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *čača- (to grow).

Verb

*satadak (stem *sata-)

  1. to yield crop

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: (dialectal) sataa

References

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

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sataa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN