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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/katket'ak

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?] + *-t'ak. Alternatively possibly derived (with the same suffix) from *kakci (two) (stem *kakte-), with dissimilative metathesis from earlier **kaktet'ak.

Verb

*katket'ak (stem *katkeda-)

  1. to break (into two pieces), to snap

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: katkema/katkeda
  • Finnish: katketa
  • Ingrian: kateta
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: katkõ
  • Livvi: katketa
  • Ludian: katketa
  • Veps: katketa
  • Võro: kakkõma/kakõdaq
  • Votic: kadgõtõ

Further reading

  • katkema in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), katketa”, 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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