Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kerjät'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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerjä- (to request) +‎ *-t'ak. Cognate with Hungarian kér, Komi-Permyak корны (korny) and Udmurt курыны (kuryny).

Verb edit

*kerjät'äk (stem *kerjädä-)

  1. to beg

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: kerjama/kerjata
  • Finnish: kerjätä
  • Livonian: kerrõ

Further reading edit

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