Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/teetäjä

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 *teetädäk +‎ *-jä.

Noun

*teetäjä

  1. wise person, sage, seer, witch

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: teadja
  • Finnish: tietäjä
  • Ingrian: tiitäjä
  • Karelian: tietäjä (Northern), tiedäjä (Southern)
  • Livonian: tīedaji
  • Livvi: tiedäi/tiedäjy
  • Ludian: tiedäi
  • Veps: tedai
  • Võro: tiidjä
  • Votic: tääteje

Further reading

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