Where does “niisi” come from?

niisi (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic niici, from Proto-Finnic niiti.

niisi (Votic): heddle, heald

Definitions

  1. heddle, heald

Ancestry of “niisi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicniiciheddle
2Proto-Finnicniiti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic niiti →Every word from Proto-Finnic niici →