Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kerägä

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

Probably from *kerät'äk (to gather, collect) +‎ *-gä.

Noun edit

*kerägä

  1. meeting, assembly, council

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: (obsolete) kära
  • Finnish: käräjät pl, (archaic, dialectal) keräjät pl
  • Ingrian: keräjät pl
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kerähmö
  • Ludian: kerag
  • Veps: kerag

Further reading edit

  • kärajad”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “käräjä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN