Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaakkudak

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

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

*vaakkudak (stem *vaakku-)[1]

  1. to caw (to make cry of a crow)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: vaakuma/vaakuda
  • Finnish: vaakkua
  • Karelian: voakkoa (< *vaakkadak)
  • Võro: vaakma/vaakuq
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä, Kattila) vaakkua

References

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

Further reading

  • vaakuma”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012