Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hiki

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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]

Unknown. Possibly a substrate loan from the pre-Finnic languages of the Baltic.

Noun[edit]

*hiki

  1. sweat, perspiration

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: higi
  • Finnish: hiki
  • Ingrian: hiki
  • Karelian: hiki, higi
  • Livonian: ig
  • Veps: higo (reformed as o-stem)
  • Võro: higi
  • Votic: (Mati) itši