Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kumistak

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 +‎ *-istak. Cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Northern Sami gopmat).

Verb

*kumistak (stem *kumisë-)

1. to boom, to peal

Descendants

• Estonian: kumisema/kumiseda
• Finnish: kumista
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kumissa
  • South Karelian: kumissa
• Võro: kumisõma/kumistaq
• Votic: kumisa

From *kumait'ak:

• Finnish: (dialectal) kumata, kumajaa
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: kumata
• Livvi: kumata
• Ludian: gumaita

Further reading

• “kumisema”, 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), “kumista”, 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