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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/orko

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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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Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *orkɜ

Noun

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*orko[1]

  1. valley, dell

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: org
  • Finnish: orko (archaic, dialectal)
  • Ingrian: Orko
  • Karelian: orko, orgo
  • Ludian: org
  • Veps: org
  • Võro: org
  • Votic: orko

References

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

Further reading

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  • org”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1460 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.