Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sülki

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 *śülke.

Noun

*sülki[1]

  1. saliva, spit

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sülg
  • Finnish: sylki
  • Ingrian: sylki
  • Karelian: sylki
  • Livonian: siļg
  • Livvi: sylgi
  • Ludian: šülg
  • Veps: sül'g
  • Võro: sülg
  • Votic: sültši

References

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

Further reading

  • sülg”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012