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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aisa

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 earlier *ajësa, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *ajesa. Compare Sanskrit ईषा (īṣā).

Noun

*aisa

  1. shaft, thill (one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: ais
  • Finnish: aisa
  • Ingrian: aisa
  • Karelian: aisa, aiža
  • Livvi: aižu
  • Ludian: aiž
  • Veps: aiž, aižaz
  • Votic: aisõ

Further reading

  • ais in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), aisa”, in 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
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