Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuhistak
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic root + *-istak.
Verb
[edit]- to snivel (to breathe heavily through the nose)
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: nohisema/nohiseda, (dialectal) nuhisema/nuhiseda
- Finnish: nuhista
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: nuhissa
- Livvi: nuhišta
- Veps: ⇒ nuhaida
- Võro: nuhisõma/nuhistaq