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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/väntädäk

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

Unknown. Borrowing from Proto-Germanic *windaną, *wandijaną is now considered unlikely.

Verb

*väntädäk (stem *väntä-)

  1. to twist
  2. to turn

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: väänama/väänata
  • Finnish: vääntää
  • Ingrian: vääntää
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: veänteä
    • South Karelian: veändeä
  • Livonian: vändõ, (Salaca) vänn
  • Livvi: viändiä
  • Ludian: viättä
  • Veps: väta
  • Votic: vääntä

Further reading

  • väänama”, 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), “vääntää”, 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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