Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sarka

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 Proto-Uralic *sarka (branch?). Cognates include Proto-Samic *suorkē (branch), Tundra Nenets [script needed] (tārka, branch).

Noun

*sarka[1]

  1. patch (of land)
  2. strip or band, especially of fabric or birchbark

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sarg (patch (of land))
  • Finnish: sarka (patch (of land); wadmal (fabric); (dialectal) band of birchbark; (dialectal) panel of woven fabric)
  • Ingrian: sarka (patch (of land); wadmal (fabric))
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šarka (wadmal (fabric); band of birchbark; patch (of land))
    • North Karelian: šarga (wadmal (fabric); band of birchbark; (dialectal) patch (of land))
  • Livvi: sargu (wadmal (fabric); band of birchbark; patch (of land))
  • Ludian: sarg (band (of fabric, birchbark, bast, etc.))
  • Veps: sarg (band (of fabric, birchbark, bast, etc.); patch (of land))
  • Votic: sarkõ (patch (of land))

References

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