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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vik'at'ëh

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vikapteš (compare Latvian izkapts).

Noun

*vik'at'ëh

  1. scythe (farm tool)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: vikat
  • Finnish: viikate, (dialectal) vikate
  • Ingrian: viikate
  • Karelian: viikateh, vikateh
  • Livonian: vikāt, vikārt
  • Livvi: vikateh
  • Ludian: vikateh
  • Veps: vikateh
  • Võro: vikaht', vikat'
  • Votic: vikahtõ

Further reading

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