Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/repidäk

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 *rëpëtēk. Possibly onomatopoeic. Words with a similar sound are also found in other languages, such as Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- and Hungarian reped.

Verb edit

*repidäk (stem *repi-)

  1. to tear, to rip

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

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