Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/inistäk
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic root + *-istäk.
Verb
[edit]*inistäk (stem *inise-)
- to buzz
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: inisema/iniseda
- Finnish: inistä
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: inissä
- Livvi: inissä
- Võro: inisemä/inistäq
Further reading
[edit]- “inisema”, 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), “inistä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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