Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/perkeleh

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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

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Etymology

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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

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*perkeleh

  1. evil spirit ?

Inflection

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Interjection

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*perkeleh

  1. damn
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  • *përku
    • Estonian: põrgu

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • pergel”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012