Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/etä

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *ečkä, *ečä. Cognate with Moksha ичкозе (ičkoze, far).

Adjective

*etä

  1. far, distant

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: edaja, edasi
  • Finnish: etä-, etäälle, etäällä, etäältä
  • Ingrian: etähittee, etähääl
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: etähäkše, etähänä, etäheä
    • South Karelian: edäh, edähäkši, edähänä
  • Ludian: edahan
  • Veps: edahaks, edahan

Further reading

  • edasi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “etä-”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN