Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/häici

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 1

From earlier *šäjti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian zieds, Lithuanian žiedas).

Noun

*häici[1]

  1. flower
    Synonym: *kukka
  2. inflorescence

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: õis
  • Finnish: (in compound: heisipuu, later back-formed) heisi, heitiä
  • Livvi: höydöi
  • Ludian: höudüöi

Etymology 2

From earlier *šäjti, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saidô.

Noun

*häici[2]

  1. string, thread

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: heie
  • Finnish: (dialectal) heisi, heisimato
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: höi
    • South Karelian: höi
  • Livvi: höydöi, höi
  • Ludian: höydöi, höüdijaine, heižmado
  • Veps: heiže
  • Võro: häieh

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*häici¹”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*häici²”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • õis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • heie”, 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), “heisipuu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[3] (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