Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pusërtadak

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-Finno-Ugric *pućɜ-. Cognate with Hungarian facsar. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix

Verb

*pusërtadak (stem *pusërta-)[1]

  1. to squeeze
  2. to wring, to wring out

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: puserdama/puserdada
  • Finnish: pusertaa
  • Ingrian: pusertaa
  • Karelian:
    North Karelian: pusertoa
    South Karelian: puzerdoa
  • ? Livonian: buzārtõ
  • Livvi: puzerdua
  • Ludian: puzerta
  • Veps: puzerta
  • Võro: pusõrdama/pusõrdaq
  • Votic: puzõrta

References

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

Further reading

  • puserdama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #799 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.