Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mura-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *mura.

Noun

*mura-

1. cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus)

Descendants

• Estonian: murakas (< *mura-k'as); (dialectal) muuram (< *mura-mV)
  • → Latvian: murene, muraka
• Finnish: muurain (< *mura-in); (dialectal) muurama (< *mura-ma), muura
• Ingrian: muuran, muurain (< *mura-in)
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: muuroi (< *mur-oi), muuroan (< *mura-in)
• Livvi: muuroi (< *mur-oi)
• Ludian: muuroi (< *mur-oi)
• Veps: murašk, murik, murikeine (< *mura-ska?, *mur-ikka)
• Võro: murahk, murak (< *mura-hka, *mura-kka)
• Votic: muragõ, muragõz (< *mura-ka, *mura-gas)

Further reading

• “murakas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #564 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.