Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kumartadak

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

*kumar(a)- +‎ *-tadak

Verb

*kumartadak (stem *kumarta-)

  1. to bend over, to bow

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kummardama/kummardada
  • Finnish: kumartaa
  • Ingrian: kummartaa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kumartua
    • South Karelian: kumardua
  • Livonian: kumārd
  • Veps: kumarta
  • Võro: kumardama/kumardaq
  • Votic: kummarta
  • Proto-Samic: *komērtētēk (see there for further descendants)

From *kumartudak (with *-udak):

  • Finnish: kumartua
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: kumarduo
  • Livvi: kumarduo
  • Ludian: kumarduda

Further reading

  • kummardama”, 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), “kumara”, 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