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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kärsä

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian (whence Sanskrit कर्षू (karṣū, furrow)). [1]

Noun

*kärsä

  1. snout (of a pig)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kärss
  • Finnish: kärsä
  • Ingrian: kärsä
    • ? Votic: kärse
  • Karelian: kärsä (Northern), kärzä (Southern)
  • Livvi: kärzy
  • Ludian: kärz
  • Veps: kärz
  • Võro: kärs

Further reading

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

References

  1. Holopainen, Sampsa: Indo-Iranian Borrowings In Uralic University of Helsinki (2019)
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