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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/perkeleh

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 from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian pērkons and Lithuanian perkūnas). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*perkeleh

  1. evil spirit ?

Inflection

Interjection

*perkeleh

  1. damn
  • *perku
    • Estonian: põrgu

Descendants

Further reading

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