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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

*nisä

  1. teat, breast

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

Further reading edit

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