Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/niiska

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńiŋśe +‎ *-ka.

Noun

*niiska[1]

  1. milt (fish semen)

Inflection

Inflection of *niiska
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *niiska *niiskat
accusative *niiskan *niiskat
genitive *niiskan *niiskadën
*niiskoidën
partitive *niiskada *niiskoida
inessive *niiskassa
*niiskahna 		*niiskoissa
*niiskoihna
elative *niiskasta *niiskoista
illative *niiskahën *niiskoihën
adessive *niiskalla *niiskoilla
ablative *niiskalta *niiskoilta
allative *niiskalën
*niiskalëk 		*niiskoilën
*niiskoilëk
essive *niiskana *niiskoina
translative *niiskaksi *niiskoiksi
instructive *niiskan *niiskoin
comitative *niiskanëk *niiskoinëk
abessive *niiskatta *niiskoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: niisk
  • Finnish: niiska, niska (dialectal)
  • Ingrian: niiska
  • Livonian: nīsk
  • Veps: ńišk
  • Võro: niisk
  • Votic: niiskõ

References

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

Further reading

  • “niisk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #629 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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