Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kava-

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hawāną (“to observe”), or from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see, watch”).

Verb

*kava- (stem *kava-)[1]

  1. to observe, notice
    Synonym: *havait'ak
  2. to avoid, beware
    Synonym: *karttadak

Descendants

From *kavahtadak (+ *-ahtadak):

  • Finnish: kavahtaa

From *kavattadak (+ *-ttadak):

  • Finnish: (dialectal) kavattaa

From *kavoidak (+ *-oidak):

  • Finnish: (dialectal) kavoa
  • Ingrian: kavvoa
  • Votic: ⇒ kavotta

From *kavait'ak (+ *-it'ak):

  • Estonian: kavatsema/kavatseda
  • Võro: kavatsõma/kavatsõdaq

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kava-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “kavatsema”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kavahtaa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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