User:Surjection/etymusings

Etymological musings

• User:Surjection/-ice-
• PF *maltta- < ?? PreF *male-kta- (backed from *mäle (“mind”))
• PF *eklen < ? PF *ekt-len < ? *ektä-len
• could there have been an adjectival suffix *-to (< *-(ë)ta + *-o)?

  hento ? < *hëën-to < *hëëno

  hitto ? < *hiit-to < *hiici

  keltto ? < *këlt-to < *këlta

  lantto < *lantë-to (cf. vettä < *vete-tä) < *lanci

  letto ? < *let-to < *let- < *lentä-

  ontto < *ontë-to < *onci

  pentu ?? < *pene-tu (not *pene-to?) < *peni

  rento ? < *re(e)n-to < base word?

  rohto ? < *rooh-to < *rooho, lit. "made of grass"?