Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuhkidak

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

Probably onomatopoeic.

Verb edit

*nuhkidak (stem *nuhki-)

  1. to sniff, to smell

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

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