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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tup'ëhtudak

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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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Back-vowel variant of *tüp'ehtüdäk, derived from *tüppidäk. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix

Verb

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*tup'ëhtudak (stem *tup'ëhtu-) (Northern Finnic)

  1. to suffocate
  2. to smother, to extinguish

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: (dialectal) tupehtua
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: tupehtuo
  • Ludian: tupehtuda
  • Veps: tupehtuda

From *tüp'ehtüdäk

Further reading

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  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tupehtua”, in 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