Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hauk'ait'ak

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 edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. Possibly from the same onomatopoeic root as *haukkudak with +‎ *-ait'ak.

Verb edit

*hauk'ait'ak (stem *haukkaida-)

  1. to bite
  2. to take a bite

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

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