Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tohtidak

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-Permic *tošte-, possibly from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰers-. Cognate with Proto-Samic *tuostëtēk.

Verb

*tohtidak (stem *tohti-)[1]

  1. to dare
  2. to be allowed, may

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: tohtima/tohtida
  • Finnish: tohtia
  • Ingrian: tohtia
  • Livonian: tū’oḑõ
  • Võro: toht'ma/tohtiq
  • Votic: tõhtia

References

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

Further reading

  • tohtima”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1653 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.