Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kecrät'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

From *kecrä +‎ *-t'äk.

Verb

*kecrät'äk (stem *kecrädä-)

  1. to spin (to make yarn)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: ketrama/kedrata
  • Finnish: kehrätä
  • Ingrian: kedrätä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kesrätä
    • South Karelian: kezrätä
  • Livonian: kie’ddõrtõ
  • Livvi: kezrätä
  • Ludian: kezrätä, kezrata
  • Veps: kezerta
  • Võro: keträmä/kedrädäq
  • Votic: tšedrete

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kehrä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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