Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jäädäk

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

Unknown. Rejected comparisons with Hungarian jön (implying inheritance) and Sanskrit जहाति (jahāti) (implying borrowing from Indo-Iranian), both on phonological and semantic grounds. The derivative *jättädäk (*jättä- < ? *jäCV-Ctä-) exhibiting a short initial vowel (instead of *jäättädäk) may imply that the word is at least from the Middle Proto-Finnic stage.

Verb edit

*jäädäk (stem *jää-)

  1. to stay, to remain

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