Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nisä

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *ńimśä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ńińčē.

Noun[edit]

*nisä

  1. teat, breast

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: nisa
  • Finnish: nisä
  • Veps: niža
  • Võro: nisa
  • Votic: (Kattila) nisä

Further reading[edit]

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