Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/herhiläinen

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 earlier *šerši +‎ *-läinen, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian sirsenis, Lithuanian širšė), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀšō.

Noun

*herhiläinen

  1. hornet, wasp

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: herilane
  • Finnish: herhiläinen
    • Inari Sami: hárhulâš
  • Ingrian: hörhöläin
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: herheläine
  • Võro: hüürläne
  • Votic: (Kattila) öröläine

Further reading

  • herilane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*herhe⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)