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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nännä

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

Probably from baby talk, child language.

Noun

*nännä

  1. breast, nipple (of a woman)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) nänn
  • Finnish: (dialectal) nännä
  • Ingrian: nännä
  • Karelian: nännä
  • Livonian: nǟna
  • Võro: nänn
  • Votic: nänne

From *nännei:

Further reading

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