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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kura

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 1

From Proto-Uralic *kura (bent, crooked) [1].

Adjective

*kura

  1. left (opposite of right)
    Synonym: *vasën

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kura
  • Finnish: (dialectal) kura
  • Ingrian: kura
  • Livonian: kurā
  • Võro: kura
  • Votic: kura
  • Northern Sami: gurut

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gurą, or from Proto-Uralic *kura (dirt, mud).

Noun

*kura

  1. dirt, mud
  2. diarrhea
  3. dregs

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

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

References

  1. Aikio, Ante: New and Old Samoyed Etymologies (Part 2). FUF 56 (2006)
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