Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/neeldäk

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 Proto-Uralic *ńäle-. Cognates include Proto-Samic *ńielëtēk.

Verb

*neeldäk (stem *neele-)[1]

  1. to swallow

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: neelama/neelata, neelma/neelda
  • Finnish: niellä
  • Karelian: niellä
  • >? Krevinian: neellä
  • Livonian: niel
  • Võro: niildma/neeldäq/niildäq

References

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