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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/parvi

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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 1

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From Proto-Uralic *parewa, *parewe.[1]

Noun

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*parvi[2]

  1. flock, group (of animals)
Inflection
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Descendants
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  • Estonian: parv
  • Finnish: parvi
  • Ingrian: parvi
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: parvi
  • Veps: parveh
  • Võro: parv'
  • Votic: parvi

Etymology 2

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Probably from Etymology 1, perhaps originally in the sense "group of logs joined together". Cognates include Proto-Samic *poarēvē (raft), Northern Khanty пөр (pør, raft) and Tundra Nenets [script needed] (pārī).

Noun

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*parvi

  1. raft
    Synonym: *lautta
  2. loft
Inflection
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Descendants
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Further reading

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

References

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  1. ^ Aikio, Ante: The Finnic ‘secondary e-stems’ and Proto-Uralic vocalism SUSA/JSFOu 95 (2015) [1]
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*parvi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)