Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-udak
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Uralic *-w-. Compare -в- (-v-) in Erzya неявомс (ńejavoms, “to be visible, appear”).
Suffix
edit*-udak / *-üdäk (stem *-u- / *-ü-)
- Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Finnish: -ua
Further reading
edit- Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.