Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/peittädäk

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

The root *pej- possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bēaną, *bēja-, further derived with +‎ *-ttädäk.

Verb

*peittädäk (stem *peittä-)[1]

  1. to cover
  2. to hide, to conceal

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: peitma/peita
  • Finnish: peittää
    • Northern Sami: beaitit
  • Ingrian: peittää
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: peitteä
    • South Karelian: peitteä
  • Livvi: peittiä
  • Ludian: peittädä
  • Veps: peitta, piitta
  • Votic: peittää (Kattila)

References

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

Further reading

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