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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terva

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

A loanword from either Baltic (compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *dérwa) or Germanic (compare Proto-Germanic *terwą). Either way from Proto-Indo-European *dérw-o-m, from *dóru (wood).

Noun

*terva

  1. tar

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: tõrv
  • Finnish: terva
  • Ingrian: terva
  • Karelian: terva
  • Livonian: tȭra
  • Livvi: tervu
  • Ludian: terv
  • Veps: terv
  • Võro: tõrv
  • Votic: tõrvõ
  • Proto-Samic: *tërvē

References

  • tõrv in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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