Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/verdek

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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]

Borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *wertiz (later *wirtiz) +‎ *-ëk.

Noun[edit]

*verdek

  1. beerwort

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: virre (< *virdek), verre (dialectal)
  • Finnish: vierre, verre (dialectal)
  • Ingrian: veerre
  • Livonian: vīrdig
  • Võro: vereq
  • Votic: virre

Further reading[edit]

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