Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/audër

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian šiaurė).

Noun

*audër[1]

  1. steam, vapor
  2. haze, mist

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: aur
  • Finnish: auer, (dialectal) auder, autere
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: auver
  • Livonian: ouŗ (< *auri)
  • Võro: aur

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*audër”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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