Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/heredä
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology 1
editFrom *hëra + *-edä. Originally with back vowels (*hërëda), but associated with etymology 2.
Adjective
edit*heredä
- abundant, abundantly flowing
Descendants
edit- Finnish: hereä
Etymology 2
editFrom *her- + *-edä, derived from a Baltic root. Compare Lithuanian žė́ra. Cognate with Northern Sami šearrat.
Adjective
edit*heredä
Descendants
edit- Estonian: ere
Etymology 3
editProbably by semantic shift from etymology 1, even if a connection with etymology 2 has also been proposed. Back-vowel forms like *hërkka were probably original as with etymology 1.
Adjective
edit*heredä
Descendants
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- Santeri Junttila: Kantasuomen balttilaislainat (Draft). [1]