Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valdit'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
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waldaną + *-it'ak.[1]
Verb edit
*valdit'ak (stem *valdiccë-)
- to rule
Descendants edit
- Estonian: valitsema/valitseda, (archaic, dialectal) vallitsema/vallitseda
- Finnish: vallita
- Võro: valitsõma/valitsõma
From *valtivoit'ak:
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: valtivoija
- Ludian: valdivoita
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.