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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurgistadak

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną and derived with + *-istadak.[1]

Verb

*kurgistadak (stem *kurgista-)

  1. to strangle, to choke
    Synonym: *käk'istädäk

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kuristama/kuristada, kurgistama/kurgistada
  • Finnish: kuristaa
  • Ingrian: kuristaa
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kuristua
  • Võro: kuristama/kuristaq
  • Votic: kurissa

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuristaa”, 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

References

  1. Koivulehto, Jorma: Etymologisesti hämäriä -(is)tA-johdosverbejä, lainoja ja omapohjaisia SUSA/JSFOu 92 (2009)
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