heisi

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *häici (“flower, inflorescence”) (compare Estonian õis (“flower”)), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian žiedas). The words heitiä and hedelmä (“fruit”) are derived from the same Proto-Finnic root. The modern meaning "viburnum" is a backformation from heisipuu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhei̯si/, [ˈhe̞i̯s̠i] Rhymes: -eisi Syllabification(key): hei‧si Hyphenation(key): hei‧si === Noun === heisi viburnum (plant of the genus Viburnum) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== heisimato === References === === Further reading === “heisi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023