Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këlbat'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

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *helpaną (or from earlier Pre-Germanic) or alternatively from Baltic (compare Lithuanian gelbėti). Contains either the suffix *-t'ak or *-ait'ak.

Verb edit

*këlbat'ak (stem *këlbada-)

  1. to do, to suffice

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Further reading edit

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