Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-eldak

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *-le-. Cognates include Proto-Samic *-ëlëtēk, Hungarian-l. In Finnic, the suffix consistently induces a stem vowel change *-A- > *-e-; the reasons for this are unknown.

Suffix

*-eldak

Forms frequentative verbs.

Derived terms

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Descendants

Finnish: -ella
Estonian: -lema

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