Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/elädäk

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

From Proto-Uralic *elä-.

Verb

*elädäk (stem *elä-)[1]

  1. to live

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: elama/elada
  • Finnish: elää
  • Ingrian: ellää
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: (Courland) je’llõ, (Salaca) jell
  • Livvi: eliä
  • Ludian: eläda
  • Veps: eläda
  • Võro: elämä/elläq
  • Votic: ellä

References

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