Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kiiltädäk

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Southern Sami giltedh), probably ultimately of sound-symbolic origin.

Verb edit

*kiiltädäk (stem *kiiltä-)

  1. to shine, to glitter (to reflect light because of shiny surface)

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kiiltää”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN