Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tutudak

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

Probably from baby talk or child language.

Verb edit

*tutudak (stem *tutu-)

  1. (childish) to sleep

Inflection edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

From *tutudak:

  • Estonian: tuduma/tududa
  • Finnish: tuutua, tutua
  • Votic: tutua

From *tutidak:

Further reading edit

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