Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/herhiläinen

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 earlier *šerši +‎ *-läinen, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian sirsenis, Lithuanian širšė), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀšō.

Noun edit

*herhiläinen

  1. hornet, wasp

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • herilane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012