Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kergit'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

From *kerkedä +‎ *-it'äk.

Verb

*kergit'äk (stem *kerkidä-) (Northern Finnic)

  1. to make it, arrive or reach (in time)
  2. to have/find time

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: keritä, keretä, (dialectal) kerjetä
  • Ingrian: keritä, keretä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: keritä
  • Ludian: kergitä, kergita
  • Proto-Samic: *kearkëtēk (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “keritä”, 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