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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Onomatopoeic root + *-istäk. Possibly from earlier *šümi- and cognate with Proto-Samic (whence Northern Sami sapmat (“to murmur”)).
Verb
*hümistäk (stem *hümise-)
- to hum
Descendants
Further reading
- “ümisema”, in 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), “hymistä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN