Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kärcidäk

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 earlier *kärtitäk, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hardijaną.[1] Alternatively and less likely from Proto-Finno-Permic *kärte-[2] (compare Erzya кирдемс (kirdems, to hold, endure)), but this etymology is probably irregular. Cognate with Proto-Samic *kiertëtēk.

Verb

*kärcidäk (stem *kärci-)[3]

  1. to suffer
  2. to endure

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kärsima/kärsida
  • Finnish: kärsiä
  • Ingrian: kärsiä
  • Karelian: kärsie
  • Veps: kärzida
  • Võro: kärs'mä/kärsiq
  • Votic: (Mati) tšärsiä

References

  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. ^ http://uralonet.nytud.hu/eintrag.cgi?id_eintrag=1286
  3. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kärci-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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