Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rikkodak

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unclear. Possibly related to *rikka (cf. Finnish rikka). Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *brekaną or from Baltic, compare Lithuanian trikti.

Verb[edit]

*rikkodak (stem *rikko-)

  1. to break
  2. to ruin, to mar, to damage

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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