Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/putro

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

Borrowing from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian putra).

Noun

*putro[1]

  1. porridge

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: puder
  • Finnish: puuro, (dialectal) putro, puiro
  • Ingrian: pudro
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: putro
    • South Karelian: pudro
  • Livvi: pudro
  • Ludian: pudr
  • Veps: pudr
  • Võro: pudõr, pudyr', putr
  • Votic:

References

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

Further reading

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