Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/heräit'äk

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

*her- +‎ *-äit'äk; possibly from the same root as *herkkä, or alternatively a Baltic loan (compare Lithuanian žiūri̇̀).[1] Compare also Proto-Mordvinic *sərgəźəms (to wake up).

Verb

*heräit'äk (stem *heräidä-)

  1. to awake, to wake up, to awaken

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: äratama/äratada
  • Finnish: herätä
  • Ludian: heraštuda
  • Veps: heraštuda
  • Võro: heränemä/herädäq

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri: Palataalidissimilaation kätkemiä balttilaislainoja. E litoribus Balticis etymologiae. pp. 207–253. Uralica Helsingiensia 15. Helsinki 2024 [1]

Further reading

  • äratama”, 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), “herätä”, 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
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*herä⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[3] (in Finnish)