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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/up'ot'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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Probably from Proto-Finno-Permic *uppa/*wuppa (suffocating) (whence Erzya опамомс (opamoms, to suffocate)) with semantic development "to suffocate" > "to drown" > "to sink", with the suffix *-ot'ak. The sense "to suffocate" survives in Karelian upehtuo and Veps upehtuda.[1]

Verb

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*up'ot'ak (stem *uppoda-)[2]

  1. to drown (in water)
  2. to sink (in water)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Aikio, Ante: Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft, 2020) [1]
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*uppoda-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)