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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/purjëh

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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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From earlier *purjëš, borrowed from

Cognate with Proto-Samic *porjës (sail).

Noun

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*purjëh[1]

  1. sail

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: puri
  • Finnish: purje
  • Ingrian: purje
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: pūŗaz
  • Livvi: purjeh
  • Veps: pureh
  • Võro: pur'o
  • Votic: purjõ
  • ? Latvian: bura
  • ? Lithuanian: burė

References

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

Further reading

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