Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kerjä-

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Alternative forms

• *kerä-

Verb

*kerjä-

1. to ask for, beg

Descendants

• Proto-Ugric:
  • Hungarian: kér
• Proto-Permic: *kɔrni (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *kerjät'äk (see there for further descendants)

References

• Entry #287 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.