Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kärtä

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

According to SSA, sound-symbolic.[1]

Noun

*kärtä[2]

  1. smell of burning

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kärd
  • Finnish: käry, (dialectal) kärty, kärtty
  • Võro: kärd

References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kärty”, 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
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kärtä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)