Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/niiska

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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]

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńiŋśe +‎ *-ka.

Noun[edit]

*niiska

  1. milt (fish semen)

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: niisk
  • Finnish: niiska, niska (dialectal)
  • Ingrian: niiska
  • Livonian: nīsk
  • Veps: ńišk
  • Võro: niisk
  • Votic: niiskõ

Further reading[edit]

  • niisk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #629 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.