Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaari

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-Uralic *këŋere. Cognate with Proto-Samic *kuoŋër, Northern Khanty [script needed] (χoŋkar) (Obdorsk) and Eastern Mansi [script needed] (ke̮ŋǝr) (Upper Konda).

Noun

*kaari[1]

  1. curve
  2. (nautical) rib (of a boat or a ship)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: kaar
  • Finnish: kaari
  • Ingrian: kaari
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: kǭr
  • Livvi: kuari
  • Ludian: kuar
  • Veps: kar'
  • Võro: kaar'
  • Votic: kaari

References

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