Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kärcidäk

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

From earlier *kärtitäk, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hardijaną.[1] Alternatively and less likely from Proto-Finno-Permic *kärte-[2] (compare Erzya кирдемс (kirďems, to hold, endure)), but this etymology is probably irregular. Cognate with Proto-Samic *kiertëtēk.

Verb edit

*kärcidäk (stem *kärci-)

  1. to suffer
  2. to endure

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. ^ http://uralonet.nytud.hu/eintrag.cgi?id_eintrag=1286

Further reading edit

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