Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/viesëtēk
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Proto-Samic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finno-Permic *wäśä- (compare Komi-Permyak висьны (viśny), Udmurt висьыны (viśyny)). Cognate with Proto-Finnic *väsüdäk. Alternatively possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?], compare Old Norse vás (“toil, fatigue, from bad weather”), væstr (“worn out by wet and toil”) and Icelandic væsa.
Verb[edit]
*viesëtēk
Descendants[edit]
- Western Samic:
- Northern Sami: viessat
- Eastern Samic:
Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland