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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/näridäk

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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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Sound-symbolic.

Verb

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*näridäk (stem *näri-)

  1. to chew
  2. to gnaw

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: närima/närida
  • Finnish: (dialectal) näriä
  • Ingrian: närriä
  • Livvi: närissä
  • Votic: närriä

Further reading

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