Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/iso

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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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian (whence Sanskrit इच्छति (icchati)).

Noun

*iso

  1. desire, lust, appetite

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: isu
    • Estonian: isuma
      • Finnish: isota (to hunger for, desire)
  • Ingrian: iso
  • Veps: izo
  • Võro: iso
  • Votic: iso

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*iso”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • isu”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012