Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pinistäk
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editOnomatopoeic root + *-istäk.
Verb
edit- to buzz (with a relatively high buzz, such as that of a mosquito)
Descendants
edit- Estonian: pinisema/piniseda
- Finnish: (dialectal) pinistä
- Ingrian: pinissä
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: pinissä
- Livvi: piništä
- Ludian: piništa
- Votic: pinisse
References
editFurther reading
edit- “pinisema”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pinistä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN