Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/angër-

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

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian vingiorykštė, vangarykštė). Another theory (by EVE) posits a borrowing from a hypothetical Proto-Norse [script needed] (*angan-wahstuʀ) (from [script needed] (*angan-, “fragrance, smell”) + [script needed] (*wahstuʀ, “plant”)).[1]

Noun

*angër-[2]

  1. meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

Descendants

  • Estonian: anger- (in compound: angervaks)
  • Finnish: angervo
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ankervo
    • South Karelian: angervo
  • Livonian: āngastõm- (in compound: āngastõmāin)
  • Võro: angõr- (in compounds: angõrhain, angõrpist')

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “angervo”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*angër-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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