Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/meri

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

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Etymology

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Most likely borrowing from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári (sea). Perhaps through a change *a…i > *e…i, cf. *reki.

Noun

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*meri[1]

  1. sea

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: meri
  • Finnish: meri
  • Ingrian: meri
  • Karelian: meri
  • Livonian: me'r, mie'r
  • Livvi: meri
  • Ludian: meri
  • Veps: meri
  • Võro: meri
  • Votic: meri
  • Proto-Samic: *mearë

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*meri”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • meri”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • 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
  • Sköld, Tryggve. 1996. "Finn. meri 'Meer'". In: Lars-Gunnar Larsson (ed.), Lapponica et Uralica: 100 Jahre finnisch-ugrischer Unterricht an der Universität Uppsala. Vorträge am Jubiläumssymposium 20-23 April 1994 (Studia Uralica Uppsalaensia 26): pp. 311–316.
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