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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pettädäk

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian spiest and Lithuanian spęsti) (derived with + *-tädäk, i.e. *pe(n)t-tä-), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *spenˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (to draw, stretch) (whence also Latin pendō (I hang)).

Verb

*pettädäk (stem *pettä-)

  1. to betray
  2. to deceive
  3. to lie

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: petma/petta
  • Finnish: pettää
  • Ingrian: pettää
  • Karelian: petteä
  • Livonian: piettõ, (Salaca) piett
  • Livvi: petteä
  • Ludian: petties
  • Veps: pettas
  • Võro: petmä/pettäq
  • Votic: pettä

Further reading

  • petma”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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