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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pestäk

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 Proto-Finno-Permic *pese-, possibly an old loanword from Proto-Indo-European *bʰes- (to rub).

Noun

*pestäk (stem *pese-)

  1. to wash

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: pesema/pesta
  • Finnish: pestä
  • Ingrian: pessä
  • Karelian: peššä
  • Livonian: piezz
  • Veps: pesta
  • Votic: pesä
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