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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/terä

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Noun

*terä

  1. edge
  2. riverbank[1]
  3. blade?

Reconstruction notes

Securely reconstructed for Finno-Permic. Whether Hungarian tőr also belongs here is disputed, as the vowel does not match.

Descendants

  • Proto-Permic: *dɔ̇r[2]
    • Komi:
      • Komi-Zyrian: [script needed] (dor)
    • Udmurt: [script needed] (dur)
  • Proto-Finnic: *terä (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Entry #1640 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
  2. Aikio, Ante (2020), Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies”, in Linguistica Uralica, volume 57, issue 3, Estonian Academy Publishers, →ISSN, page 170 of 161–179: “PU *terä ’edge, blade’ > PPerm (PS) *dor / (MZh) *dɔ̇r
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