Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kompidak

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

Sound-symbolic.

Verb edit

*kompidak (stem *kompi-)[1]

  1. to crawl
  2. to trudge

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: kõmpima/kõmpida
  • Finnish: (dialectal) kompia, (front vowel variant) kömpiä
  • Karelian:
  • Veps: kompta
  • Võro: kump'ma/kumpiq

References edit

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kompi-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading edit

  • kõmpima”, 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), “kompia”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN