Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viherä

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 *viha (greenness) +‎ *-rä. The shift *a > *e in the stem is unclear, but is also seen in *kackëra.

Adjective

*viherä[1]

  1. green

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (rare) viher
  • Finnish: vihreä, viher-, (dialectal) viherä
  • Ingrian: viherä
  • Livonian: (< *viheräinen)
    • Courland Livonian: vī’ri ("yellow")
    • Vidzeme Livonian: vīri ("yellow")
  • Veps: viher
  • Votic: vihere

References

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