Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pura

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

From Proto-Uralic *pura-.

Noun edit

*pura

  1. drill
  2. icepick
  3. chisel

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: pura
  • Estonian: purikas
  • Finnish: pura
  • Ingrian: pura
  • Karelian: pura
  • Votic: purikkõ

From *puras:

Further reading edit

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