Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ambudak

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

Onomatopoeic.

Verb edit

*ambudak (stem *ambu-)

  1. to moo
    Synonym: *müükidäk

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: ammuma/ammuda, (dialectal) ambuma/ambuda
  • Finnish: ammua, (dialectal) ammoa
  • Ingrian: ammua
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: ampuo
  • Votic: ammua

Further reading edit

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