Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hävit'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

Unknown. Appears to contain the suffix *-it'ak.

Verb

*hävit'äk (stem *hävidä-)[1]

  1. to disappear, vanish
    Synonym: *katodak

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *hävittädäk

Descendants

  • Estonian: hävima/hävida
  • Finnish: hävitä
    • Lule Sami: hevvat
    • Northern Sami: heavvanit
  • Ingrian: hävitä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: hävitä
  • Ludian: hävitä
  • Võro: häömä/häödäq
  • Votic: (Mati) ävitä

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*hävidä-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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