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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pästädäk

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

Alternative forms

  • *päästädäk

Etymology

From *pä(ä)stäk + *-tädäk.

Verb

*pästädäk (stem *pästä-)

  1. to let go
  2. to release
  3. to rescue, to save

Inflection

Descendants

*pästädäk

  • Livonian: pästõ
    • Latvian: pestīt
  • Võro: pästmä/pästäq

*päästädäk

Further reading

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