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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vilkkadak

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

Etymology

Sound-symbolic origin.

Verb

*vilkkadak (stem *vilkka-)

  1. to flash, to blink, to flicker

Inflection

Descendants

From *vilkkadak:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) vilkkaa
  • Ingrian: vilkkaa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vilkkoa

From *vilkkudak:

  • Estonian: vilkuma/vilkuda
  • Finnish: vilkkua
  • Livonian: vilkõ
  • Votic: vilkkua

Further reading

  • vilk in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), vilkkua”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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