Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ocra

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 either from Baltic, compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśras (sharp), or alternatively from Proto-Iranian *Hacra-.[1]

Noun

*ocra[2]

  1. barley

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: oder, (dialectal) otra
  • Finnish: ohra, (dialectal) otra
  • Ingrian: odra, (dialectal) osra
  • Karelian: osra, ozra
  • Livonian: vȯ’ddõrz
  • Livvi: ozru
  • Ludian: ozr
  • Veps: ozr
  • Votic: õzrõ

References

  1. ^ Holopainen, Sampsa (2019) Indo-Iranian borrowings in Uralic: Critical overview of sound substitutions and distribution criterion[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN, pages 155–156
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ocra”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
  • oder”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012