Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hähkä

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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]

From earlier *šäškä, possibly borrowed Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian sesks, Lithuanian šeškas), or alternatively, the Proto-Baltic word might be a borrowing from Finnic.

Noun[edit]

*hähkä

  1. European mink (Mustela lutreola)

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Finnish: (obsolete) häähkä, hähkä
  • Karelian: heähkä
  • Livvi: hiähky, heähky
  • Veps: hähk

Further reading[edit]