Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haikari

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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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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *haigrô.

Noun

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*haikari[1]

  1. heron (Ardeidae)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: haigur
  • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) haikari
  • Karelian:
  • Võro: (rare, obsolete?) haigri, haigru

From *haikara:

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*haikari”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • haigur”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “haikara”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä[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