Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/purdëh

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-Germanic *burdą and derived with +‎ *-ëh. Doublet of *pordas, *purci.

Noun edit

*purdëh

  1. footbridge

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: purre
  • Livonian: pūrdaz
  • Võro: purrõq

Further reading edit

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