Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/potëdak

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 Proto-Uralic *poče-, whence also Proto-Samic *puocëtēk.

Verb

*potëdak (stem *potë-)[1]

  1. to be sick with, to suffer from

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: põdema/põdeda
  • Finnish: potea
  • Karelian: potie
  • Livonian: pȯʼddõ
  • Võro: põdõma/põtõq

References

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

Further reading

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