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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/helkkädäk

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

*helkkädäk[1]

  1. to sound (brightly), to tinkle

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: helkama/helgata, helkima/helkida
  • Finnish: helkkää, helkkyä
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: helkkiä
  • Livonian: eļkõ
  • Livvi: helkiä
  • Võro: helkämä/helgädäq
  • Votic: elkkaa

References

  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–), *helkkä-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • helkima in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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