Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/iso

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 borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian (whence Sanskrit इच्छति (icchati)).

Noun edit

*iso

  1. desire, lust, appetite

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: isu
  • Finnish: isota
  • Ingrian: iso
  • Veps: izo
  • Võro: iso
  • Votic: iso

Further reading edit

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