Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/niiska
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńiŋśe + *-ka.
Noun
[edit]*niiska[1]
- milt (fish semen)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *niiska
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *niiska | *niiskat | |
| accusative | *niiskan | *niiskat | |
| genitive | *niiskan | *niiskadën *niiskoidën | |
| partitive | *niiskada | *niiskoida | |
| inessive | *niiskassa *niiskahna |
*niiskoissa *niiskoihna | |
| elative | *niiskasta | *niiskoista | |
| illative | *niiskahën | *niiskoihën | |
| adessive | *niiskalla | *niiskoilla | |
| ablative | *niiskalta | *niiskoilta | |
| allative | *niiskalën *niiskalëk |
*niiskoilën *niiskoilëk | |
| essive | *niiskana | *niiskoina | |
| translative | *niiskaksi | *niiskoiksi | |
| instructive | *niiskan | *niiskoin | |
| comitative | *niiskanëk | *niiskoinëk | |
| abessive | *niiskatta | *niiskoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: niisk
- Finnish: niiska, niska (dialectal)
- Ingrian: niiska
- Livonian: nīsk
- Veps: ńišk
- Võro: niisk
- Votic: niiskõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “niisk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #629 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.