Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mädät'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 *mätä +‎ *-t'äk.

Verb

*mädät'äk (stem *mätäne-)

  1. to rot, to decay

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: mädanema/mädaneda
  • Finnish: mädätä
  • Võro: mädänemä/määdäq
  • Votic: määte

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “mätä”, 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