Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/malttadak
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown. Might contain the suffix + *-ttadak.
Verb
*malttadak (stem *maltta-)
- to contain oneself, to have patience
- to understand
Inflection
Inflection of *malttadak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *malt'an | *malt'oin | — | *malttagon |
| 2nd sing. | *malt'at | *malt'oit | *malt'ak | *malttagos |
| 3rd sing. | *malttabi *maltta |
*malttoi | *malttagasën | *malttagosën |
| 1st plur. | *malt'akma | *malttoima | *malttagatëma | *malttagotëma |
| 2nd plur. | *malt'akta | *malttoida | *malttagata | *malttagotta |
| 3rd plur. | *malttabat *maltta |
*malttoi | *malttagasën | *malttagosën |
| passive | *malt'aksën *malt'at'aksën |
*malttadisën *malt'attisën |
*malttadakahën *malt'attakahën |
*malttadakohën *malt'attakohën |
| connegative | *malt'ak | — | *malttagak | *malttagok |
| passive connegative | *malt'aktak | — | *malttadagak *malt'attagak |
*malttadagok *malt'attagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *malt'akcin | *malttoicin | *malttanën | |
| 2nd sing. | *malt'akcit | *malttoicit | *malttanët | |
| 3rd sing. | *malt'akci | *malttoici | *malttani | |
| 1st plur. | *malt'akcima | *malttoicima | *malttanëma | |
| 2nd plur. | *malt'akcita | *malttoicita | *malttanëta | |
| 3rd plur. | *malt'akci | *malttoici | *malttani | |
| passive | *malttadakcihën *malt'at'akcihën |
*malttadicihën *malt'atticihën |
*malttadanëhën *malt'attanëhën | |
| connegative | *malt'akcik | *malttoicik | *malttanëk | |
| passive connegative | *malttadakcik *malt'at'akcik |
*malttadicik *malt'atticik |
*malttadanëk *malt'attanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *malttadak | present | *malttaba | *malttadapa *malt'attapa |
| infinitive 2 | *malttadë- | past | *malttanut | *malttadu *malt'attu |
| gerund/supine | *malttama | negative | *malttamat'oin | |
| action noun | *malttaminen | |||
Descendants
From *malttadak (*maltta-):
- Finnish: malttaa
- → Northern Sami: máltit
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: malttua
- South Karelian: malttua
- Ludian: malttada
- Veps: maltta
From *maltadak (*malta-):
- Livvi: maltua
From *maldat'ak (*maltada-):
- Estonian: maldama
- Votic: mallõtõ
Further reading
- “maldama”, 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), “malttaa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN