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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terä

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *terä (edge). The word has been suggested to go back to Proto-Finno-Ugric with Hungarian tőr as a cognate, but an Iranian origin for the Hungarian word has also been suggested.

Noun

*terä

  1. blade, edge
    Synonym: *rëuna
  2. ear of corn
    Synonym: *tähkä
  3. grain, corn
    Synonym: *jüvä

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: tera
  • Finnish: terä
  • Ingrian: terä
  • Karelian: terä
  • Livonian: tierā
  • Livvi: terä
  • Ludian: t'erä
  • Veps: tera
  • Võro: terä
  • Votic: terä

Further reading

  • tera”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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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