Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tija-
Proto-Finnic edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic origin.
Noun edit
*tija-
Descendants edit
- Estonian: tihane
- Finnish: tiainen
- Karelian:
- Livvi: tijaine, tiaine
- Ludian: tiaine
- Veps: tiäine
- Võro: tialanõ, tigalanõ, tiganõ
Further reading edit
- “tihane”, 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), “tiainen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN