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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sarni

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-Permic *särńä, whence also Eastern Mari шертне (šertňe) and Western Mari шӓртньы (šärtňy). Possibly ultimately borrowed from a substrate language.

Noun

*sarni

  1. common ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

Inflection

Descendants

From *sarni:

  • Estonian: saar
  • Finnish: saarni
  • Ingrian: saarni
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä, Mati, Pummala) saarni

From *sarne-:

  • Ingrian: saarne
  • Võro: saarnõq, saarnõs, saarnõh
  • Votic: (Mati) saarnõ

From *sarna:

  • Livonian: sǟrna, (Salaca) sar

Further reading

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