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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/somëra

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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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Cognate with Proto-Samic *čuomër. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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*somëra[1]

  1. rough gravel or sand

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: sõmer
  • Finnish: somero, (dialectal) somera
  • Livonian: sumār
  • Võro: sõmmõr'
  • Votic: sõmõrõ

References

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

Further reading

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