Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaikudak

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

Probably onomatopoeic.

Verb

*kaikudak (stem *kaiku-)[1]

  1. to echo

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kaikuma/kaikuda
  • Finnish: kaikua
  • Ingrian: kaikua
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kaikuo

References

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

Further reading

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