pörte

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish pyrte, borrowed from Finnish pirtti (“cabin, cottage”) with rounding of the vowel following a labial and preceding a coronal sonorant. Cf. mynta (“mint”).

Noun edit

pörte n

a Finnish-style log cabin without a chimney, but with a fireplace

Declension edit

Declension of pörte
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pörte	pörtet	pörten	pörtena
Genitive	pörtes	pörtets	pörtens	pörtenas

References edit

pörte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
Noreen, Adolf (1918). Grunddragen av den fornsvenska grammatiken: till den akademiska undervisningens tjänst. 2nd ed. Stockholm: Norstedt