Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kihistäk

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

Etymology

Onomatopoeic root +‎ *-istäk.

Verb

*kihistäk (stem *kihise-)

1. to sizzle, to hiss
2. to bustle, to teem

Descendants

• Estonian: kihisema/kihiseda
• Finnish: kihistä
• Ingrian: kihissä
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kihissä
  • South Karelian: kihissä
• Livvi: kihištä
• Võro: kihisemä/kihistäq
• Votic: tšihisse

From *kihait'ak:

• Estonian: kihama/kihada
• Finnish: (dialectal) kihata
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kihata
  • South Karelian: kihata
• Livvi: kihata

Further reading

• “kihama”, 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), “kihistä”, 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