Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pesä

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-FinnicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Uralic *pesä.

NounEdit

*pesä

  1. nest

InflectionEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Estonian: pesa
  • Finnish: pesä
  • Ingrian: pesä
  • Karelian: (Northern) pešä, (Southern) pezä
  • Livonian: pieza
  • Livvi: pezä
  • Ludian: pezä
  • Veps: peza
  • Võro: pesä
  • Votic: pesä

ReferencesEdit

  • pesa in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN