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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/märgät'äk

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 *märkä + *-t'äk.

Verb

*märgät'äk (stem *märkäne-)

  1. to get wet
  2. to rot, to decompose

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: märätä, (dialectal) märjetä
  • Ingrian: märätä, märetä
  • Karelian:
  • Veps: märgata, märgätä
  • Votic: märgete

Further reading

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