Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/märkä

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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Borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Latvian mērka (soaked item, humidity), Lithuanian merkti (to water).

Adjective

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*märkä

  1. wet, moist

Noun

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*märkä

  1. pus

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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