Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/säksi

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śäkće ~ *śäkśe.

Noun

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*säksi[1]

  1. osprey

Inflection

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Descendants

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

References

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