Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaisila

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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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gaisilaz (staff, whip) (whence German Geißel and Swedish gissel).

Noun

*kaisila

  1. bulrush
  2. reed

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • kaisel”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012