Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keri

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kere. Cognates include Hungarian köré.

Noun edit

*keri

  1. hoop, ring, circle

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: kere, (dialectal) keri
  • Finnish: keri
  • Livonian: kõ’r
  • Votic: tšeri

Further reading edit

  • kere”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #288 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.