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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahtera

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 *akšterɜ

Adjective

*ahtera

  1. barren, sterile

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: aher
  • Finnish: (dialectal) ahtera
  • Livonian: ǭ’dõrz
  • Võro: aher
  • Votic: ahõr, ahtõra

Further reading

  • aher in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Entry #1188 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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