Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vannodak

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

Etymology

Unknown, but most likely akin to Proto-Samic *vuornōtēk (< *varno-). Sammallahti (1998: 191) suggests assimilation from earlier *vatno-; but contrast the development in e.g. *litna, *vatnas.

Verb

*vannodak (stem *vanno-)

1. to swear (to make an oath)

Descendants

• Estonian: vannutada, (backformation) vanduma
• Finnish: vannoa
• Karelian: vannuo
• Livonian: (Courland) vannõ, (Salaca) vann
• Võro: vanma/vannuq
• Votic: (Mati) vannota

From *vannudak:

• Ingrian: vannua
• Votic: vannua

References

• “vanduma”, 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), 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
• Sammallahti, Pekka. 1998. The Saami Languages : an Introduction. Kárášjohka: Davvi Girji.