Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirnudak
Proto-Finnic edit
Etymology edit
From an onomatopoetic root with the suffix + *-udak.
Verb edit
*hirnudak (stem *hirnu-)
- to neigh
Descendants edit
- Estonian: hirnuma/hirnuda
- Finnish: hirnua
- Ingrian: hirnua, hernua
- Karelian: hirnuo
- Livvi: hirnuo
- Ludian: hirnuda
- Veps: hirnuda
- Votic: irnua, (Mati) irnaa
- → Northern Sami: hirdnut
References edit
- “hirnuma”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN