Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paladak

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-Uralic *pala- (to devour). Cognates include Proto-Samic *puolētēk, Erzya паломс (paloms), Hungarian fal. Has been compared earlier also with Proto-Ugric *paĺɜ-.

Verb

*paladak (stem *pala-)[1]

  1. to burn, to be burning

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal, Vaivara) palama/palada
  • Finnish: palaa
  • Ingrian: pallaa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: palua
    • South Karelian: palua
  • Livonian: paʹllõ, (Salaca) pall
  • Livvi: palua
  • Ludian: palada
  • Veps: palada
  • Võro: palama/pallaq

From *pëlëdak, probably back-formed from the causative *pël(ë)ttadak < *pol(ë)ttadak:[2]

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*pala-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Viitso, Tiit-Rein. The History of Finnic õ in the First Syllable. Советское финно-угроведение 14 (1978). pp. 86–106