Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leentüdäk

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

Unknown. Possibly contains the suffix *-tudak. The root may be *leevä (? *leeve-ntü-) or (less likely) *leemi.

Verb

*leentüdäk (stem *leentü-)[1]

  1. to abate, to subside

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: lientyä
  • Karelian: lientyö
  • Võro: liindümä/liindüdäq

References

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