Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kerit'äk

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skeraną +‎ *-it'äk.

Verb

*kerit'äk (stem *kericce-)

1. to shear (remove the fleece from a sheep)

Descendants

• Finnish: keritä
• Ingrian: keritä
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: keritä
  • South Karelian: keritä
• Livonian: kerīkšõ
• Livvi: keritä
• Ludian: keritä
• Veps: kerita
• Votic: kerittsää

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “keritä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN