Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oldak
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *wole-.
Verb
[edit]*oldak (stem *olë-)
- to be
Inflection
[edit]This verb is the only clearly irregular verb in Proto-Finnic, thus, the third person present forms used the stem *om- instead of regular *ol-. The endings are also irregular, -i and -at are attached directly to the stem. Many modern Finnic languages used the third person singular present descending from shortened form *on (regularly from earlier *om).