Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/käkrä

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. Cognate with Proto-Samic *keavrē.

Adjective

*käkrä[1]

  1. bent, crooked
    Synonyms: *kovëra, *väärä

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: käyrä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: käkrä
    • South Karelian: kägrä

References

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

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “käyrä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN