Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/woča-
Proto-Uralic
editEtymology
editPossibly from *woča (“fence”) with semantic development "to protect" > "to guard, to keep an eye on" > "to wait".
Verb
edit*woča- (Finno-Volgaic)
- to wait
Descendants
editFrom *woča-w-kta-:
- Proto-Samic: *oacōttētēk
- Proto-Finnic: *odottadak (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.