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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hoobat'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

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Etymology

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Possibly borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hōƀian), (*and-hōƀian) (compare Old Norse andoefa),[1] +‎ *-t'ak.

Verb

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*hoobat'ak (stem *hoopada-)[2]

  1. to back water, to back the oars

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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

References

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  1. ^ Koivulehto, Jorma: Germaanisten lainojen leksikko Virittäjä, 98(4), 637. (1994) [1]
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hoopada-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)