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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaak'attadak

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

Onomatopoeic root + *-ttadak.

Verb

*kaak'attadak (stem *kaak'atta-)

  1. to cackle

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kaagutama/kaagutada, (dialectal) kaagatama/kaagatada
  • Finnish: kaakattaa
  • Ingrian: kaakattaa
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: kǭkštõ
  • Livvi: kuakattua
  • Ludian: kakattada, kakettada
  • Veps: kakatada
  • Võro: kaagatama/kaagataq
  • Votic: kaakatta

Further reading

  • kaagutama in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), kaakattaa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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