Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karta

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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-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian skārds, Lithuanian skarda).

Noun

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*karta

  1. sheet metal

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kard
  • Finnish: karta (dialectal)
  • Ingrian: karta
  • Livonian: kārda
  • Võro: kard
  • Votic: kartõ

Further reading

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  • kard”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012