Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/säksi

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *śäkće ~ *śäkśe.

Noun

*säksi[1]

  1. osprey

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sääsk (osprey) (with metathesis)
  • Finnish: sääksi, (with metathesis, dialectal) sääski

References

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