Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pelgäit'äk

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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From Proto-Uralic *pele- (to fear) (whence also Proto-Samic *pëlëtēk). In Finnic, this root was extended with *-ka- to beget *pele-kä- > *pelkä-. The verb *pelgäit'äk and noun *pelko (fear) represent parallel derivatives from this stem, the verb with *-it'ak and the noun with *-o.

Verb

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*pelgäit'äk (stem *pelkäidä-)

  1. to fear

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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