Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valvadak

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

Possibly from the same root as *valadak, or alternatively, per Aikio, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *walwijaną.[1]

Verb edit

*valvadak (stem *valva-)

  1. to stay up, to stay awake
  2. to keep an eye on, to guard

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: valvama/valvata
  • Finnish: (dialectal) valvaa
  • Võro: valvma/valvaq
  • Votic: (Mati) valvaa

From *valvodak (with *-odak):

References edit

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante: Muutamia lisiä suomen germaaniseen lainasanastoon (2019) [1]

Further reading edit

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