Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahtëra

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *akšterɜ. In any case potentially borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit अक्षेत्र (ákṣetra, destitute of fields, uncultivated)).[1]

Adjective[edit]

*ahtëra

  1. barren, sterile
    Synonym: *maho

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: aher
  • Finnish: (dialectal) ahtera
  • Livonian: ǭ’dõrz
  • Võro: aher
  • Votic: (Kattila, Mati) ahõr, (Pummala) ahtõra

References[edit]

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ahtera”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading[edit]

  • aher”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1188 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.