Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuhistak
Proto-Finnic edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic root + *-istak.
Verb edit
- to snivel (to breathe heavily through the nose)
Descendants edit
- Estonian: nohisema/nohiseda, (dialectal) nuhisema/nuhiseda
- Finnish: nuhista
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: nuhissa
- Livvi: nuhišta
- Veps: ⇒ nuhaida
- Võro: nuhisõma/nuhistaq