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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurkku

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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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Most probably a borrowing through Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kwerku), from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō. The word has been also compared with Mordvinic counterparts (Erzya кирьга (kiŕga), Moksha корга (korga)), which are however more likely derive from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ.

Noun

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*kurkku[1]

  1. throat

Inflection

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kurk
  • Finnish: kurkku
  • Ingrian: kulkku, kurkku
  • Livonian: kurk
  • Ludian: kurk
  • Veps: kurk
  • Võro: kurk
  • Votic: kurkku
  • Southern Sami: gorhke
  • Lule Sami: gurkos
  • Northern Sami: gurku

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kurkku”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • kurk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Koivulehto, Jorma. 2009. "Etymologisesti hämäriä -(is)tA-johdosverbejä, lainoja ja omapohjaisia". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 92, pp. 79–102.
  • 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