Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/surku

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 *surgō.

Noun edit

*surku

  1. (Northern Finnic) sorrow, grief

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

From *surku:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) surku, surkea

From *surko:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) surko

Further reading edit

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “surku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN