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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pesä

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 Proto-Uralic *pesä.

Noun

*pesä

  1. nest

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: pesa
  • Finnish: pesä
  • Ingrian: pesä
  • Karelian: (Northern) pešä, (Southern) pezä
  • Livonian: pieza
  • Livvi: pezä
  • Ludian: pezä
  • Veps: peza
  • Võro: pesä
  • Votic: pesä

References

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