Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/küntädäk

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-Finno-Permic *künčä- (to dig). Cognate to Eastern Mari кӱнча́ш (künčáš, to dig).

Verb

*küntädäk (stem *küntä-)[1]

  1. to plough/plow

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kündma/künda
  • Finnish: kyntää
  • Ingrian: kyntää
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kyntyä
    • South Karelian: kyndiä
  • Livonian: kindõ
  • Livvi: kyndiä
  • Ludian: künttä
  • Veps: küntta
  • Võro: kündmä/kündäq
  • Votic: tšüntä

Further reading

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

References

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