Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/virkkadak

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

Etymology

Unknown.

Verb

*virkkadak (stem *virkka-) (Northern Finnic)

1. to say, to utter

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) virkkaa, ⇒ virkkoa
  • >? Votic: virkkoa
• Ingrian: verkkaa
  • →? Votic: verkka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: virkkoa
  • South Karelian: virkkua
• Livvi: virkkua
• Ludian: virkkada, virkada
• Veps: virkta

Further reading

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