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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vërkko

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką, whence Old Swedish värke (fish weir), dialectal Swedish verke.

Noun

*vërkko

  1. net, fishing net

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: võrk
  • Finnish: verkko
  • Ingrian: verkko
  • Karelian: verkko
  • Livonian: võrgõ
  • Livvi: verko
  • Ludian: verk
  • Veps: verk
  • Võro: võrk
  • Votic: võrkko

Further reading

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