Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/angër-
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editUnknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian vingiorykštė, vangarykštė). Another theory (by EVE) posits a borrowing from a hypothetical Proto-Norse [script needed] (*angan-wahstuʀ).[1]
Noun
edit*angër-
Descendants
edit- Estonian: anger- (in compound: angervaks)
- Finnish: angervo
- Karelian: ankervo
- Livonian: āngastõm- (in compound: āngastõmāin)
- Võro: angõr- (in compounds: angõrhain, angõrpist')
References
editFurther reading
edit- “anger-”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012