Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/conkidak

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. Possibly related to Proto-Samic *čoaŋkētēk (< *śoŋka-?) or Proto-Samic *suoŋkëtēk (< *soŋke-?). Both comparisons have phonological issues.

Verb

*conkidak (stem *conki-)[1]

  1. to grub, to dig

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: songima/songida
  • Finnish: (dialectal) sonkia
  • Ingrian: tšonkerrella
  • Karelian:
    North Karelian: čonkie
    South Karelian: čongie
  • Livvi: čongie
  • Ludian: čongida
  • Veps: čonkta
  • Võro: tsung'ma/tsungiq
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) šonkkia

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*conki-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • songima”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sonkia”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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