Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viiccidäk

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. Has been compared to Erzya виздемс (vizdems, to be ashamed), which may be from Proto-Finno-Permic *wačз-, but this is not compatible with the Finnic word.

Verb

*viiccidäk (stem *viicci-)[1]

  1. to bother (do something which is of negligible inconvenience), to feel like doing something

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: viitsima/viitsida
  • Finnish: viitsiä
  • Ingrian: viitsiä
  • Livonian: vītš ?
  • Votic: viittsiä
  • Proto-Samic: *višëtēk

From *viicidäk ?:

  • Võro: viis'mä/viisiq

References

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

Further reading

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