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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kerjät'äk

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerjä- (to request) + *-t'ak. Cognate with Hungarian kér, Komi-Permyak корны (korny) and Udmurt курыны (kuryny).

Verb

*kerjät'äk (stem *kerjädä-)

  1. to beg

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kerjama/kerjata
  • Finnish: kerjätä
    • Northern Sami: gearjidit
    • Lule Sami: kierjētit
  • Livonian: kerrõ

Further reading

  • kerjama in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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