Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lebäit'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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną, or from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Middle High German ge-liuwen (to rest)), +‎ *-äit'äk.

Verb

*lebäit'äk (stem *lepäidä-)[1]

  1. to rest
  2. to lie, to lie down

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: lebama/ledada
  • Finnish: levätä
  • Ingrian: levätä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: levätä
  • Ludian: lebäüdüdä
  • Veps: lebahtada
  • Votic: leväte

References

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

Further reading

  • lebama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “levätä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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