Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kolistak

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

From the same onomatopoeic root as *kolat'ak +‎ *-istak.

Verb

*kolistak (stem *kolisë-)

1. to clatter, to rattle

Descendants

• Estonian: kolisema/koliseda
• Finnish: kolista
• Ingrian: kolissa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kolissa
  • South Karelian: kolissa
• Livvi: kolišta
• Ludian: kolišta
• Võro: kolisõma/kolistaq
• Votic: kolissõ

Further reading

• “kolisema”, 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), “kolata”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN