Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/toittadak

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *toi- +‎ *-ttadak, probably from the same root as *toipudak

Verb edit

*toittadak (stem *toitta-)

  1. to provide for
  2. to feed

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: toitma/toita
  • Finnish: (dialectal) toittaa ("to affect, to grow, to understand")
  • Livonian: tuoitõ

Further reading edit

  • toitma”, 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), “toittaa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN