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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-t'ak

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 1

Originally a variant of *-tadak when attached to vowel stems and landing on an odd syllable, while *-tadak would have been on even syllables or when attached to consonant stems.

Suffix

*-t'ak / *-t'äk (stem *-da- / *-dä-)

  1. Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning.
Inflection
Derived terms
Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-t'ak (causative)
Descendants
  • Estonian: -ma/-ta
  • Finnish: -ta

Etymology 2

A later development from etymology 1 by analogy with causative derivatives using *-ttadak, thus analogously making the shorter suffix anticausative.[1]

Suffix

*-t'ak / *-t'äk (stem *-da- / *-dä-)

  1. Forms verbs from stems, generally with a translative or reflexive meaning.
Reconstruction notes

Hakulinen (1979) distinguishes between *-da- stems and *-de- stems (the latter of which would include *halgët'ak and *katkët'ak),[2] after Rapola (1922).[3] However, YSuS reconstructs both verbs with *-da-, so reconstructing this distinction already in Proto-Finnic appears to be considered obsolete (if it ever existed, it would instead be later secondary development).

Inflection
Derived terms
Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-t'ak (translative, -da-)
Descendants
  • Finnish: -ta (somewhat conflated with etymology 1)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Uralic *-me-.

The change *m > *n is likely by analogy with the passive and participle stems, as well as the causative *-ntadak, where the added *-t- incurred a regular *mt > *nt. This change was then generalized to other forms.

The consonant stem, i.e. the stem when followed by a *t (such as in the passive and infinitive forms) or *k (in the imperative forms), has been reformed to *-d- (*-t'-, *-tk-), due to confusion with verbs using the suffix *-nte-[4] (*-t'ak (reflexive) added to -n- stems). The first infinitive form would have, with this ending, become *-nt(e)-dak > *-nt'ak > *-t'ak (with simplification of the then phonotactically impossible cluster *nt': compare *kattadak < *kanci).

Like *-ldak and the comparative ending *-mpi (which see for more), this verb consistently induces a stem vowel change *-A- > *-e-.

Suffix

*-t'ak / *-t'äk (stem *-në- / *-ne-)

  1. Forms verbs from stems, generally with a translative or reflexive meaning.
Inflection
Derived terms
Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-t'ak (translative, -ne-)
Descendants
  • Estonian: -nema, -neda (consonant stem reformed by analogy)
  • Finnish: -(e)ta
  • Ingrian: -(e)ta
  • Karelian: -(e)ta
  • >? Livonian: -mtõ
  • Veps: -eta
  • Votic: -(e)ta
  • Võro: -daq, -nõdaq

Etymology 4

From Proto-Finno-Permic *-te-. Cognate with Proto-Samic *-tëtēk (in e.g. Northern Sami geassádit).

Suffix

*-t'ak / *-t'äk (stem *-dë- / *-de-)

  1. Forms reflexive verbs.
Usage notes

This suffix *-te- > *-de- is often reduced to simply -i- in descendants. This is regular (compare, for instance, the genitive plural ending *-den becoming -in in Finnish, like in *kaladën > kalain, now dialectal).

Inflection

Secondary stem variant *-tte-, *-t'e-.

Descendants
  • Finnish: -ida, -ita (dialectal; e.g. first infinitive "heittäidä" or "heittäitä", first-person singular indicative present "hei(t)täin")
  • Ingrian: -issa (with -s- levelled from past forms by analogy)
  • Votic: -ssa (with -s- levelled from past forms by analogy)

Etymology 5

From Proto-Uralic *-nte-, possibly a variant of *-nta-, whence *-ntadak.

Suffix

*-t'ak / *-t'äk (stem *-ntë- / *-nte-)

  1. Forms frequentative verbs.
Inflection
Descendants
  • Finnish: -nnella (stem -ntëlë- < *-ntë-lë-)
  • Ingrian: -nnella (stem -ntëlë- < *-ntë-lë-)
  • Veps: -gata (stem -ga(n)dë- < *-ka-ntë-, in verbs like helegata, varegata)

References

  1. Lehtinen, Tapani. Itämerensuomen passiivin alkuperästä. SKS, 1984.
  2. Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.
  3. Rapola, Martti. Pääpainottomain tavujen a-, ä-loppuiset vokaaliyhtymät suomen murteissa (1922)
  4. E. N. Setälä. Suomen passiivista. Virittäjä 19 (1915). p. 133–134.
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