Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tööntädäk

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. Morphologically the word is almost certainly a derivative from a shorter root, but there is no consensus on what that root is.

Verb

*tööntädäk (stem *tööntä-)[1]

  1. to push, to shove
    Synonym: *lük'äit'äk

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: työntää
  • Ingrian: tööntää
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: työnteä
    • South Karelian: työndeä
  • Livvi: työndiä
  • Ludian: tüötä, t'üöttä
  • Veps: töntta
  • Võro: tüünämä/tüünädäq

References

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

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “työntää”, 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