Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/terä

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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

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Noun

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*terä

  1. edge
  2. riverbank[1]
  3. blade?

Reconstruction notes

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Securely reconstructed for Finno-Permic. Whether Hungarian tőr also belongs here is disputed, as the vowel does not match.

Descendants

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  • Proto-Permic: *dɔr[2] (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Mordvinic: *torə (sword)
  • Proto-Finnic: *terä (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Entry #1640 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ Aikio, Ante (2020) “Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies”, in Linguistica Uralica[1], volume 57, number 3, Estonian Academy Publishers, →ISSN, page 170 of 161–179:PU *terä ’edge, blade’ > PPerm (PS) *dor / (MZh) *dɔ̇r