Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sokëda

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

Unknown, but apparently contains the suffix *-ëda. At times a root *soka (filth) has been posited. For the semantics "filth" > "blind", compare how Proto-Germanic *blindaz (blind) was derived from *blandaną (to make murky).

Adjective

*sokëda[1]

  1. blind

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sõge
  • Finnish: sokea, sokko
  • Ingrian: sokkia
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šokie
    • South Karelian: šogie
  • Livonian: sogd
  • Livvi: sogei
  • Veps: soged
  • Võro: sõkõ
  • Votic: sõkka

References

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