Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tëmbait'ak

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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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian tiept and Lithuanian tempti), adapted with *-ait'ak.

Verb

*tëmbait'ak (stem *tëmpaida-)[1]

  1. to pull, to yank

Inflection

Descendants

References

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

Further reading

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