Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kerä

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerä.

Noun

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*kerä

  1. ball (of yarn)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kera
  • Finnish: kerä
  • Ingrian: kerä
  • Karelian: kerä
  • Livonian: kierā
  • Livvi: kerä
  • Ludian: kerä
  • Veps: kera
  • Võro: kerä
  • Votic: tšerä

Further reading

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  • kera”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #285 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.