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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sokëda

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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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Unknown, but apparently contains the suffix *-ëda. At times a root *soka (filth) has been posited. For the semantics "filth" > "blind", compare how Proto-Germanic *blindaz (blind) was derived from *blandaną (to make murky).

Adjective

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*sokëda[1]

  1. blind

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: sõge
  • Finnish: sokea, sokko
  • Ingrian: sokkia
  • Karelian: (Northern) šokie, (Southern) šogie
  • Livonian: sogd
  • Livvi: sogei
  • Veps: soged
  • Võro: sõkõ
  • Votic: sõkka

References

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