Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haistak

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

From the same root as *haju and probably *haja-; *haja- +‎ *-istak.

Verb

*haistak (stem *haisë-)[1]

  1. to smell, to stink

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: haisema/haiseda
  • Finnish: haista
    • Northern Sami: háisut
  • Ingrian: haissa
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: (Salaca) aiš
  • Livvi: haižuo
  • Ludian: haižuda
  • Veps: haišta
  • Votic: aisõa (Kattila), aisaa (Mati)

References

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

Further reading

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