Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kamara

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

Probably from Proto-Uralic *kama +‎ *-ra.

Noun

*kamara[1]

  1. hard crust
  2. pork rind

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kamar
  • Finnish: kamara
  • Ingrian: kamara
  • Livonian: kamār
  • Võro: kammar'
  • Latvian: kamara

References

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

Further reading

  • kamar”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #233 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.