Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/korpe-

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Verb

*korpe-

1. burn

Descendants

• Finnic
  • Finnish: korveta (“to annoy, irritate”), korventaa (“to scorch”)
• Samic: ?
• Ugric
  • Hungarian: hervad (“to fade, wither, droop, languish”) (uncertain)

Further reading

• Entry #362 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.