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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leütädäk

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hleutaną (to obtain, acquire), or already from earlier Northwest Indo-European *kleuda-. As also in e.g. *keühä and *peütä, adherence to vowel harmony indicates an early date of loaning.

The word has earlier been compared with Hungarian lel (to find), and their common ancestor could be reconstructed as *lewdä-. However, an absense of cognates in all other Uralic languages leaves this etymology less certain.

Verb

*leütädäk

  1. to find, to discover

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • leidma in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Schalin, Johan. 2004. "Itämerensuomalaisen *leütä-vartalon lainaperäisyys" ('The loan origin of the Finnic stem *leütä-'). Virittäjä 1/2004, pp. 24–33.
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