Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/herhiläinen

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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 *šerši +‎ *-läinen, borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian sirsenis, Lithuanian širšė), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀšō.

Noun

*herhiläinen

  1. hornet, wasp

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • herilane”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*herhe⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)