Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/angër-

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian vingiorykštė, vangarykštė). Another theory (by EVE) posits a borrowing from a hypothetical Proto-Norse [script needed] (*angan-wahstuʀ) (from [script needed] (*angan-, “fragrance, smell”) + [script needed] (*wahstuʀ, “plant”)).

Noun

*angër-

1. meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

Descendants

• Estonian: anger- (in compound: angervaks)
• Finnish: angervo
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ankervo
  • South Karelian: angervo
• Livonian: āngastõm- (in compound: āngastõmāin)
• Võro: angõr- (in compounds: angõrhain, angõrpist')

Further reading

• “anger-”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “angervo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN