Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pöörä

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

From earlier *pewärä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *peŋärä (round, round object).

Noun

*pöörä[1]

  1. grindstone
    Synonym: *tahko
  2. rotating latch
  3. wheel
    Synonyms: *kecrä, *rat'as

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: pöör
  • Finnish: pyörä
  • Ingrian: pöörä
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: pīer, (Salaca) püör
  • Livvi: pyöry
  • Võro: püür
  • Votic: pööre

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pyörä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pöörä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)