Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuhkidak

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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]

Probably onomatopoeic.

Verb[edit]

*nuhkidak (stem *nuhki-)

  1. to sniff, to smell

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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