Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/eksüdäk

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

Possibly derived from *e- (not).

Verb

*eksüdäk (stem *eksü-)[1]

  1. to get lost, to lose one's way
  2. to err

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: eksima/eksida
  • Finnish: eksyä
  • Ingrian: öksyä, eksyä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ekšyö
    • South Karelian: yökšyö
  • Livonian: jeksõ
  • Livvi: yöksyö
  • Ludian: üöstüdä
  • Võro: essümä/essüdäq
  • Votic: öhsüä

References

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

Further reading

  • eksima”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012