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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turta

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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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According to Metsäranta (2024), borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *þrutą (exhaustion).[1]

Adjective

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*turta[2]

  1. numb (physically unable to feel)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: turd
  • Finnish: turta
  • Ingrian: turra
  • Votic: turtõ

Further reading

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  • turd”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “turta”, 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

References

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  1. ^ Metsäranta, Niklas: Ein Fall für zwei (oder drei) – Liquid metathesis substitution in Germanic loanwords in Finnic: old and new cases. E litoribus Balticis etymologiae. pp. 79-104. Uralica Helsingiensia 15. Helsinki 2024 [1]
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*turta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)