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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/erä

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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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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *erä.

Adjective

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*erä[1]

  1. apart, separate

Reconstruction notes

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The original part of speech is not fully certain.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: ära (away, adverb)
  • Finnish: erä (wilderness, hunting ground; game, catch; that which is separate from others, batch, piece, noun), erikseen (separately, adverb), erillään (apart, adverb), erata (to diverge, verb)
  • Ingrian: eriksee (separately, adverb), erillää (apart, adverb)
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: erä (chick; game, prey, noun), erilläh (apart, adverb)
    • South Karelian: erilläh (apart, adverb)
  • Livonian: jarā (away, adverb)
  • Livvi: eriže (apart, adverb)
  • Ludian: eriže (apart, adverb)
  • Veps: eragata (to diverge, go apart, verb)
  • Võro: erä (separate, apart, adjective)

References

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

Further reading

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