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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/käntädäk

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

Unknown. Possibly related to Udmurt кожыны (kožyny, to step aside, to turn) and Komi-Zyrian кежны (kežny, to turn).

Verb

*käntädäk (stem *käntä-)

  1. to turn
  2. to bend

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: käänama/käänata
  • Finnish: kääntää
  • Ingrian: kääntää
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: keänteä
    • South Karelian: keändeä
  • Livonian: (Salaca) känn, kenn
  • Livvi: kiändiä
  • Ludian: kiätä
  • Veps: käta
  • Võro: käändmä/käändäq
  • Votic: tšääntä

Further reading

  • käänama”, 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), “kääntää”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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