Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pühkidäk

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 *wiskijaną.

Verb

*pühkidäk (stem *pühki-)[1]

  1. to wipe
  2. to sweep

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: pühkima/pühkida
  • Finnish: pyyhkiä, pyhkiä (dialectal, Western Finnish), pyihkiä (dialectal, Savonia, North Karelia, Central Finland, Kainuu)
  • Ingrian: pyyhkiä
  • Karelian: pyyhkie, pyhkie
  • Livvi: pyhkie
  • Ludian: pühkidä
  • Veps: pühkta
  • Võro: pühk'mä/pühkiq
  • Votic: pühtšiä

References

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

Further reading

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