Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/puhkët'ak

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 earlier *puške-, probably from Proto-Finno-Permic *pučke- (to open, to burst), with +‎ *-t'ak.

Verb

*puhkët'ak (stem *puhkëda-)[1]

  1. (of flowers, sprouts) to open
  2. to burst

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: puhkema/puhkeda
  • Finnish: puhjeta
  • Ingrian: puhkiissa
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: puhketa
  • Ludian: puhketa
  • Veps: puhketa
  • Votic: puhgõtõ

Further reading

  • puhkema”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “puhjeta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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

References

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