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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Uralic *ńimśä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ńińčē.
Noun
*nisä[1]
- teat, breast
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*nisä
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*nisät
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accusative
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*nisän
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*nisät
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genitive
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*nisän
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*nisäden *niseiden
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partitive
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*nisädä
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*niseidä
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inessive
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*nisässä *nisähnä
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*niseissä *niseihnä
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elative
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*nisästä
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*niseistä
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illative
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*nisähen
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*niseihen
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adessive
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*nisällä
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*niseillä
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ablative
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*nisältä
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*niseiltä
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allative
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*nisälen *nisälek
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*niseilen *niseilek
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essive
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*nisänä
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*niseinä
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translative
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*nisäksi
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*niseiksi
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instructive
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*nisän
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*nisein
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comitative
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*nisänek
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*niseinek
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abessive
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*nisättä
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*niseittä
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nisä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “nisa”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012