Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëik'at'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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Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną (to bleach), in which case the semantic shift could be explained through a meaning like "to strike/cut a mark into wood (to strip away the bark and reveal the lighter-colored wood within)";[1] in any case, contains the suffix +‎ *-t'ak.

Verb

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*lëik'at'ak (stem *lëikkada-)

  1. to cut

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Schalin, Johan. Östskandinavisk utveckling av den urnordiska ai-diftongen och palatalt r i ljuset av finska ljudsubstitutioner, pp. 247–248, in Studier i svensk språkhistoria 13. Umeå Studies in Language and Literature. Umeå. 2016. pp. 241–262

Further reading

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