Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tutudak

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Probably from baby talk or child language.

Verb

*tutudak (stem *tutu-)[1]

  1. (childish) to sleep

Inflection

Descendants

From *tutudak ~ *tuutudak:

  • Estonian: tuduma/tududa
  • Finnish: tuutua, tutua
  • Votic: tutua

From *tutidak ~ *tuutidak (+ *-idak):

References

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

Further reading

  • tuduma”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012