Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/süttädäk

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

Perhaps *süt(e)- +‎ *-tädäk (compare dialectal Finnish syteä (to scrape, hack off; to strike with force)), thus referring to starting a fire by striking a flint;[1] which may be borrowed from Iranian (compare Ossetian судзын (suʒyn, to burn));[2] Alternatively, according to Aikio (2022), an old causative derivative of *sewe- (to eat), i.e. *sewe-ptä-[3] (> *sew-ptä- > *süttä-), thus semantically to make (fire) eat (compare the polysemy of *pala- (to devour; to burn)).

Verb

*süttädäk (stem *süttä-)

  1. to start a fire
  2. to light on fire, set alight, ignite

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ingrian: syttää
  • Votic: süttä

References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “syttyä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
  2. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) “syttyä”, in Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  3. ^ Ante Aikio (24 March 2022) “Proto-Uralic”, in Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, Elena Skribnik, editors, The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 20 of 3–27