Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kerät'äk

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 from *kerä (ball, clew) +‎ *-t'äk,[1] or alternatively, possibly a variant of *kerjät'äk.

Verb

*kerät'äk (stem *kerädä-) (Northern Finnic)

  1. to gather, collect
    Synonyms: *kogot'ak, *korjat'ak
  2. to beg
    Synonyms: *anodak, *kerjät'äk

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: kerätä
  • Ingrian: kerätä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kerätä
  • Ludian: kerätä, kerata
  • Veps: kerata

References

  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kerätä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN