Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śäśnä

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from a substrate language.

Noun

*śäśnä (Finno-Permic)

1. woodpecker

Descendants

• Proto-Permic: *śiź (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: шиште (šište)
  • Western Mari: шишты (šišty)
• Proto-Samic: *čāšnē (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *hähnä (see there for further descendants)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.