Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nännä

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

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Etymology

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Probably from baby talk, child language.

Noun

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*nännä[1]

  1. breast, nipple (of a woman)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: (dialectal) nänn
  • Finnish: (dialectal) nännä
  • Ingrian: nännä
  • Karelian: nännä
  • Livonian: nǟna
  • Võro: nänn
  • Votic: nänne

From *nännei:

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nännä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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