Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turja

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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-Ugric [Term?] (compare Hungarian tarkó).

Noun

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*turja[1]

  1. nape (back of the neck)
    Synonym: *niska

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: turi
    • Finnish: (rare) turja
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) turja

From *turjo:

References

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

Further reading

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  • turi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1081 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.