Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuuskidak
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably from onomatopoeic root + *-idak. Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *snūsk-, *snusk- (whence dialectal Swedish snuska (“to sniff”)).
Verb
*nuuskidak (stem *nuuski-)[1]
- to sniff
Inflection
Inflection of *nuuskidak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *nuuskin | *nuuskëjin | — | *nuuskigon |
| 2nd sing. | *nuuskit | *nuuskëjit | *nuuskik | *nuuskigos |
| 3rd sing. | *nuuskibi *nuuski |
*nuuskëji | *nuuskigasën | *nuuskigosën |
| 1st plur. | *nuuskikmëk *nuuskikmak |
*nuuskëjimëk *nuuskëjimak |
*nuuskigatëmëk *nuuskigatamak |
*nuuskigotëmëk *nuuskigotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *nuuskiktëk *nuuskiktak |
*nuuskëjidëk *nuuskëjidak |
*nuuskigatë *nuuskigata |
*nuuskigot'ëk *nuuskigotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *nuuskibat *nuuski |
*nuuskëji | *nuuskigasën | *nuuskigosën |
| passive | *nuuskiksën *nuuskit'aksën |
*nuuskidisën *nuuskittisën |
*nuuskidakahën *nuuskittakahën |
*nuuskidakohën *nuuskittakohën |
| connegative | *nuuskik | — | *nuuskigak | *nuuskigok |
| passive connegative | *nuuskiktak | — | *nuuskidagak *nuuskittagak |
*nuuskidagok *nuuskittagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *nuuskikcin | *nuuskëjicin | *nuuskinën | |
| 2nd sing. | *nuuskikcit | *nuuskëjicit | *nuuskinët | |
| 3rd sing. | *nuuskikci | *nuuskëjici | *nuuskini | |
| 1st plur. | *nuuskikcimëk *nuuskikcimak |
*nuuskëjicimëk *nuuskëjicimak |
*nuuskinëmëk *nuuskinëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *nuuskikcidëk *nuuskikcidak |
*nuuskëjicidëk *nuuskëjicidak |
*nuuskinëdëk *nuuskinëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *nuuskikci | *nuuskëjici | *nuuskini | |
| passive | *nuuskidakcihën *nuuskit'akcihën |
*nuuskidicihën *nuuskitticihën |
*nuuskidanëhën *nuuskittanëhën | |
| connegative | *nuuskikcik | *nuuskëjicik | *nuuskinëk | |
| passive connegative | *nuuskidakcik *nuuskit'akcik |
*nuuskidicik *nuuskitticik |
*nuuskidanëk *nuuskittanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *nuuskidak | present | *nuuskiba | *nuuskidapa *nuuskittapa |
| infinitive 2 | *nuuskidë- | past | *nuuskinut | *nuuskidu *nuuskittu |
| gerund/supine | *nuuskima | |||
| action noun | *nuuskiminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: nuuskima/nuuskida
- Finnish: nuuskia
- Ingrian: nuuskia
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: nuuskie
- Livonian: nūškõ
- Livvi: nuuskie
- Võro: nuusk'ma
- Votic: (Jõgõperä, Mati) nuuskia
Related terms
- *nuuskat'ak
Further reading
- “nuuskama”, 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), “nuuskia”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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