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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hätä

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

From earlier *šätä, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sētō (ambush), whence Old English sæt and Old Norse sát.

Noun

*hätä

  1. emergency
  2. distress, agony

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: häda
  • Finnish: hätä
    • Northern Sami: heahti
  • Ingrian: hätä
  • Karelian: hätä, hädä
  • Livonian: ädā
  • Livvi: hädä
  • Ludian: hädä
  • Veps: häda
  • Võro: hädä

Further reading

  • häda”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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