Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/parta

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

Borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bardā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂.

Noun edit

*parta

  1. beard

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: (archaic, dialectal) pard
  • Finnish: parta
  • Ingrian: parta
  • Karelian: parta, parda
  • Livvi: pardu
  • Ludian: bard
  • Veps: bard
  • Votic: partõ

Further reading edit

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