Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/väictädäk

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 *väic- +‎ *-tädäk.

Verb

*väictädäk (stem *väictä-)

  1. to carve, to whittle

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: vestma/vesta
  • Finnish: veistää
  • Ingrian: vestää
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: veštyä
    • South Karelian: veištiä, veštiä
  • Livvi: vestiä
  • Ludian: vestädä
  • Veps: vestta
  • Votic: vessä

Further reading

  • vestma”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “veistää”, 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