Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/teräbä

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 *terä +‎ *-bä.

Adjective

*teräbä

  1. sharp

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: terav
  • Finnish: terävä
  • Ingrian: terävä
  • Karelian: terävä
  • Livonian: tierāb
  • Livvi: terävy, teräy
  • Ludian: teräu
  • Veps: terav
  • Võro: terräv
  • Votic: teräve

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “terä”, 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