Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarbit'ak
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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
Suffixed with + *-it'ak, the root is either from *tarbëh, or borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þarbāną.[1]
Verb edit
*tarbit'ak (stem *tarbiccë-)
- to need
Descendants edit
- Estonian: tarvitsema/tarvitseda
- Finnish: tarvita
- Ingrian: tarvita
- Karelian:
- Livvi: tarvita
References edit
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.