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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirnudak
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From an onomatopoetic root with the suffix + *-udak.
Verb
*hirnudak (stem *hirnu-)
- to neigh
Descendants
- Estonian: hirnuma/hirnuda
- Finnish: hirnua
- Ingrian: hirnua, hernua
- Karelian: hirnuo
- Livvi: hirnuo
- Ludian: hirnuda
- Veps: hirnuda
- Votic: irnua, (Mati) irnaa
- → Northern Sami: hirdnut
References
- hirnuma in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN