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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hoitadak

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćaHyáH (> *hoi-) + *-tadak.

Verb

*hoitadak (stem *hoita-)

  1. to nurse, to care for
  2. to look after
  3. to keep, to hold

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: hoidma/hoida
  • Finnish: hoitaa
    • Inari Sami: hojttȧđ
    • Northern Sami: hoitát
  • Ingrian: hoitaa
  • Karelian: hoitoa
  • Livonian: voidõ
  • Võro: hoitma/hoitaq
  • Votic: oita

Further reading

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