Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/säksi

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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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *śäkće ~ *śäkśe.

Noun[edit]

*säksi[1]

  1. osprey

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: sääsk (osprey) (with metathesis)
  • Finnish: sääksi, (with metathesis, dialectal) sääski

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*säksi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)