Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kätkedäk

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 *kätke-. Cognates include Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Northern Sami gietkat), Proto-Mordvinic *käkšəms.

Verb

*kätkedäk (stem *kätke-)[1]

  1. to swaddle a baby and lay it in its cradle
  2. to hide, to conceal

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: kätkema/kätkeda
  • Finnish: kätkeä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kätkie
    • South Karelian: kätkie
  • Võro: käk'mä/käkkiq (from *kätkidäk)

References

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