Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sëëra-
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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
Unknown. Possibly related to Northern Sami -suorran, in compound word njunnesuorran.
Noun edit
*sëëra-
Descendants edit
- Estonian: sõõre
- Finnish: sierain
- Karelian: sierain
- Livonian: sȭrmõz
- Veps: -särmed (in compound: nenasärmed)
- Võro: sõõrmas, sõõrmõs, sõõrõq
- Votic: sõõrmõd
Further reading edit
- “sõõre”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012