Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pärnä

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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From Proto-Uralic *päkšnä, which is likely a substrate loanword. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. how *-rn- < *-kšn-?

Noun

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*pärnä

  1. linden (tree)
    Synonym: *lëhmus

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: pärn
  • Finnish: pärnä (dialectal)
  • Ingrian: pärnä
  • Livonian: pǟrnä
  • Võro: pähn
  • Votic: (Kattila) pärnäne

Further reading

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