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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nisä

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

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *ńimśä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ńińčē.

Noun

*nisä

  1. teat, breast

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: nisa
  • Finnish: nisä
  • Veps: niža
  • Võro: nisa
  • Votic: (Kattila) nisä

Further reading

  • nisa in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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