Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-it'ak
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Proto-Finnic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Uralic *-ńće-, *-nśe-. Apparently related to *-ic(c)ë-, *-istak and the Northern Finnic conditional marker *-ici-.
Suffix[edit]
*-it'ak / *-it'äk (stem *-iccë- / *-icce-)
- Forms verbs.
Usage notes[edit]
Many Germanic verbs have been assimilated with this suffix.
Derived terms[edit]
- *kaiccëdak (possibly)
- *koohit'ak
- *loiccëdak (probably)
Descendants[edit]
- Finnish: -ita
Etymology 2[edit]
A variant of *-t'ak (translative verb suffix) and *-t'ak (causative verb suffix). The initial *-i- is probably from the frequentative ending *-j (see *-idak).
Suffix[edit]
*-it'ak / *-it'äk (stem *-ida- / *-idä-)
- Forms verbs from nominal stems.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Finnish: -ita