Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/väiveh

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian vievesà, vievasa).

Noun

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*väiveh

  1. chewing louse, mallophagan

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: väiv
  • Finnish: väive
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: väivöi
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) väive

Further reading

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