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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/citkedä

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Northern Sami dađgat), further origin unknown. Contains the adjectival suffix + *-ëda.

Adjective

*citkedä

  1. tough, resilient

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sitke
  • Finnish: sitkeä
  • Ingrian: sitkiä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: sitkie
    • South Karelian: sitkie
  • Livvi: sitkei
  • Ludian: šitked
  • Veps: sitked

From *sitkëda:

  • Livonian: sitkõz
  • Võro: sikkõ
  • Votic: sitka

Further reading

  • sitke”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sitkeä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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