Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pukëdak

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. Perhaps related to Proto-Samic *pokëtēk (whence Northern Sami bohkat), implying earlier *puke-. If cognate also with Hungarian bújik, then from Proto-Finno-Ugric *puke-, but this is uncertain.

Verb

*pukëdak (stem *pukë-)[1]

  1. to thread (pass through a narrow constriction)
  2. to slip (through)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *pugëttadak

Descendants

  • Estonian: pugema/pugeda
  • Finnish: pukea (to put on, don; to dress, clothe)
  • Livonian: pu’ggõ
  • Ludian: pugoittada

References

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

Further reading

  • pugema”, 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), “pukea”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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