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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kätkedäk

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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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From Proto-Uralic *kätke-. Cognates include Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Northern Sami gietkat)

Verb

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*kätkedäk (stem *kätke-)[1]

  1. to swaddle a baby and lay it in its cradle
  2. to hide, to conceal

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kätkema/kätkeda
  • Finnish: kätkeä
  • Karelian:
  • Võro: käk'mä/käkkiq (from *kätkidäk)

References

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