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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hiici

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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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Probably related to Proto-Samic *sijtë, from a common Pre-Finno-Samic *šijte. According to UEW, possibly from Proto-Uralic *šijte ~ *šijta, in which case related to Northern Selkup [script needed] (tiitɜ).[1] Alternatively, the word may be borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hīþaz or Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.[2][3] Furthermore, Aikio has implied that the Samic word is potentially of substrate origin.[4]

Noun

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*hiici[5]

  1. burial ground
  2. sacred place

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: hiis
  • Finnish: hiisi
  • Karelian:
    North Karelian: hiisi
    South Karelian: hiizi
  • Livvi: hiiži
  • Võro: hiis'
  • Votic: iis-, idjee- (in placenames)

Further reading

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

References

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  1. ^ Entry #1004 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  3. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  4. ^ Aikio, Ante (2012) “An essay on Saami ethnolinguistic prehistory”, in Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne[1], volume 266, Finno-Ugric Society, page 91
  5. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hiici”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)