Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kakra

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 *hagrō (whence Old Gutnish hagri (oat) and dialectal Swedish hagre, hagra (oat)).

Noun

*kakra[1]

  1. oat, oats

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kaer
  • Finnish: kaura, (dialectal) kakra, kaora
  • Ingrian: kagra
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kakra
    • South Karelian: kagra
  • Livonian: ka’ggõrz
  • Livvi: kagru
  • Ludian: kagr
  • Veps: kagr
  • Võro: kaar
  • Votic: kagrõ

References

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

Further reading

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