Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/väsüdäk

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

Most likely from Proto-Finno-Permic *wäśä-(w-) (compare Komi-Permyak висьны (viśny), Udmurt висьыны (viśyny)). Cognate with Proto-Samic *viesëtēk. Alternatively possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?], compare Old Norse vás (toil, fatigue, from bad weather), væstr (worn out by wet and toil) and Icelandic væsa.

Verb edit

*väsüdäk (stem *väsü-)

  1. to tire, to become tired, to fatigue

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

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