Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/colistak

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

Onomatopoeic root +‎ *-istak.

Verb

*colistak (stem *colisë-)

1. (of water) to burble, to purl

Descendants

• Estonian: solisema/soliseda
• Finnish: solista
• Ingrian: šolissa
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: šolissa
• Livonian: tšolīņţõ
• Livvi: šolišta
• Ludian: šolišta
• Veps: ⇒ šolaita
• Võro: tsolisõma/tsolistaq
• Votic: šolissõ

Further reading

• “solisema”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “solista”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN