Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karta

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian skārds, Lithuanian skarda).

Noun edit

*karta

  1. sheet metal

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: kard
  • Finnish: karta (dialectal)
  • Ingrian: karta
  • Livonian: kārda
  • Võro: kard
  • Votic: kartõ

Further reading edit

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