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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuras

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

Proto-Uralic *kurɜ + *-s (or *-s)

Noun

*kuras

  1. knife
    Synonym: *väicci

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kurask, kuurask (dialectal, poetic)
  • Finnish: kuras (archaic, rare)
  • Ingrian: kuras (dialectal, poetic)
  • Karelian: kuras (poetic)
  • Votic: kuraz

Further reading

  • Entry #423 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuras”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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