Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nookkudak

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 derived from *nokka.

Verb

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*nookkudak (stem *nookku-)

  1. to nod, to sway

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: nookuma/nookuda
  • Finnish: nuokkua
  • Livonian: (Salaca) nuok

Further reading

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