Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kiusat'ak

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *keusaną +‎ *-t'ak.

Verb

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*kiusat'ak (stem *kiusada-)

  1. to tease
  2. to bother
  3. to torment

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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