Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valdit'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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waldaną + *-it'ak.[1]
Verb
[edit]*valdit'ak (stem *valdiccë-)
- to rule
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: valitsema/valitseda, (archaic, dialectal) vallitsema/vallitseda
- Finnish: vallita
- Võro: valitsõma/valitsõma
From *valtivoit'ak:
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: valtivoija
- Ludian: valdivoita
References
[edit]- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vallita”, 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