Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/taikina

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare *daigaz (dough)), whence Old High German teiginna (dough) and dialectal Swedish daigning.

Noun

*taikina[1]

  1. dough
    Synonym: *tahtas

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: taigen
  • Finnish: taikina
  • Ingrian: taikina
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: taikina
    • South Karelian: taigina
  • Livonian: tāigandõks
  • Livvi: taigin
  • Ludian: taigin
  • Veps: taigin
  • >? Võro: taignõ
  • Votic: taitšinõ

References

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

Further reading

  • taigen”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012