Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/puik'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 sound-symbolic.

Verb

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*puik'at'ak (stem *puikkada-)[1]

  1. to string, to thread
  2. to slither
  3. to slip (through), to sneak

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: puikama/puigata
  • Finnish: (dialectal) puikata, puikkia, puikahtaa

From *puik'ëldak (derived with *-ldak):

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*puikkada-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • puiklema”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “puikkia”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN