Q. #fintalë n. “trick” (Category: Deceit)

Q. #fintalë, n. “trick” (Category: Deceit)

References ✧ PE17/119

Related

• ᴺS. ^finna- “to trick, deceive, cheat, take in” is similar in sense to #fintalë “trick”

Inflections

fintaler

plural; er-plural

“tricks”

✧ PE17/119

Elements

finta-	“to make, finish off, decorate a thing with delicate work; to show skill”
-lë	“abstract noun, adverb”

Derivations

• < √PHIN¹ “clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity” ✧ PE17/119 (PHINĬ)

Phonetic Developments

√PHINĬ > fintaler

[pʰintaler] > [ɸintaler] > [fintaler]

✧ PE17/119

ᴱQ. fint n. “a trick, notion” (Category: Deceit)

Reference ✧ QL/38 ✧ “a trick, notion”

Cognates

• G. finc “trick”

Derivations

• < ᴱ√FINI “*cunning” ✧ QL/38

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√FINI > fint

[ɸintǝ] > [ɸint] > [fint]

✧ QL/38