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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/purdëh

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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-Germanic *burdą and derived with +‎ *-ëh. Doublet of *pordas, *purci.

Noun

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*purdëh

  1. footbridge

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: purre
  • Livonian: pūrdaz
  • Võro: purrõq

Further reading

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