Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarha

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 *tarša, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian dārzs, Lithuanian daržas).

Noun

*tarha[1]

  1. garden
  2. enclosure
  3. halo (ring of light around the moon or the sun)

Inflection

Descendants

From *tarha

  • Estonian: tara
  • Finnish: tarha
  • Ingrian: tarha, tarhas
  • Karelian: tarha
  • Livonian: tarā, (Salaca) tara
  • Livvi: tarhu
  • Veps: tarh
  • Võro: tahr, tahõr, tarh
  • Votic: tara

References

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

Further reading

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