Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kiiski

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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 *kiśkɜ.

Noun[edit]

*kiiski

  1. ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua)

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: kiisk
  • Finnish: kiiski
  • Ingrian: kiiski
  • Karelian: kiiski
  • Livonian: kīš
  • Livvi: kiiškoi
  • Ludian: kiiškine
  • Võro: kusk' ?

Further reading[edit]

  • kiisk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #317 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.