Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vilkkadak

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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

Sound-symbolic origin.

Verb

*vilkkadak (stem *vilkka-)

  1. to flash, to blink, to flicker

Inflection

Descendants

From *vilkkadak:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) vilkkaa
  • Ingrian: vilkkaa
  • Karelian:

From *vilkkudak:

Further reading

  • vilk”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vilkkua”, 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