Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viildäk

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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From earlier *vije-, cognate with Proto-Samic *vëjëtēk. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix? frequentative?

Verb

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*viildäk (stem *viile-)

  1. to cut, to slit

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: (dialectal) viillä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: viillä
  • Ludian: viildä, viilda
  • Veps: vil'da
  • Votic: (Kattila, Mati) viillää

Further reading

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  • viil”, 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), “viillä”, 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