Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/erä

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 *erä.

Adjective

*erä

1. apart, separate

Reconstruction notes

The original part of speech is not fully certain.

Inflection

Inflection of *erä

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*erä	*erät
accusative		*erän	*erät
genitive		*erän	*eräden *ereiden
partitive		*erädä	*ereidä
inessive		*erässä *erähnä	*ereissä *ereihnä
elative		*erästä	*ereistä
illative		*erähen	*ereihen
adessive		*erällä	*ereillä
ablative		*erältä	*ereiltä
allative		*erälen *erälek	*ereilen *ereilek
essive		*eränä	*ereinä
translative		*eräksi	*ereiksi
instructive		*erän	*erein
comitative		*eränek	*ereinek
abessive		*erättä	*ereittä

Derived terms

• *eri
• *eroi

Descendants

• ⇒ Estonian: ära (“away”, adverb)
• Finnish: erä (“wilderness, hunting ground; game, catch; that which is separate from others, batch, piece”, noun), ⇒ erikseen (“separately”, adverb), erillään (“apart”, adverb), erata (“to diverge”, verb)
• ⇒ Ingrian: eriksee (“separately”, adverb), erillää (“apart”, adverb)
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: erä (“chick; game, prey”, noun), ⇒ erilläh (“apart”, adverb)
  • South Karelian: ⇒ erilläh (“apart”, adverb)
• ⇒ Livonian: jarā (“away”, adverb)
• ⇒ Livvi: eriže (“apart”, adverb)
• ⇒ Ludian: eriže (“apart”, adverb)
• ⇒ Veps: eragata (“to diverge, go apart”, verb)
• Võro: erä (“separate, apart”, adjective)

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “erä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN