Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/alaictik

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

From *alainën (“underwear”) +‎ *-tik (“caritive suffix”).

Adverb

*alaictik

1. naked, nude

Related terms

• *alaictoin

Descendants

• Estonian: alasti
• Finnish: alasti
• Ingrian: alassin, alassi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: alačči
  • South Karelian: alašti
• Livvi: alasti
• Ludian: alašt'
• Veps: alasti
• Votic: alassi, (Eastern Votic) alassig

References

• “alasti”, in [ETY] 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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