Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/säski

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-Permic *śäśke. Cognates include Erzya сеське (seśke) and Proto-Samic *čuoškë (< *śaśke).

Noun

*säski[1]

  1. mosquito

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sääsk
  • Finnish: sääski
  • Ingrian: sääski
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šiäkši
    • South Karelian: šiäkši
  • Livonian: säsk
  • Livvi: siäksi
  • Ludian: siäsk
  • Veps: säsk
  • Võro: sääsik
  • Votic:

References

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

Further reading

  • Entry #1584 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • sääsk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012