Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vajëhtadak

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

From *vajëh (gap) +‎ *-tadak.

Verb

*vajëhtadak (stem *vajëhta-)

  1. to change

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: vahetama/vahetada (with metathesis *-ajëh- > *-ah(j)ë-)
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vajehtua
    • South Karelian: vajehtua
  • Livonian: va’idõ
  • Livvi: vajehtua
  • Ludian: vajehtada
  • Veps: vajehtada

From *va(j)ihtadak:

Further reading

  • vahetama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “vaihtaa”, 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