Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/viesëtēk

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *wäśä- (compare Komi-Permyak висьны (viśny), Udmurt висьыны (viśyny)). Cognate with Proto-Finnic *väsüdäk. Alternatively possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?], compare Old Norse vás (“toil, fatigue, from bad weather”), væstr (“worn out by wet and toil”) and Icelandic væsa.

Verb

*viesëtēk

1. to tire, to become tired

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Northern Sami: viessat
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: viessâđ
  • Skolt Sami: viõssâd
  • Akkala Sami: выэссӹ (vyessï)
  • Kildin Sami: вӣссэ (vīsse)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland