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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Finno-Permic *terä (edge). The word has been suggested to go back to Proto-Finno-Ugric with Hungarian tőr as a cognate, but an Iranian origin for the Hungarian word has also been suggested.

Noun

*terä

  1. blade, edge
    Synonym: *reuna
  2. ear of corn
    Synonym: *tähkä
  3. grain, corn
    Synonym: *jüvä

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • tera in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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