Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/korpe-

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Verb

*korpe-

1. to burn, to scorch, to blaze

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kårpǝ̑
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: [script needed] (kabu)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets: [script needed] (karp°)
    • Tundra Nenets: [script needed] (xarp°)
• Proto-Samoyedic: *kårpǝ̑r-
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: [script needed] (xarpǝr-)
• Ugric
  • >? Hungarian: hervad (“to fade, wither, droop, languish”)
• Proto-Mordvinic:
  • Erzya: курвамс (kurvams, “to burn”), киртамс (kirtams, “to burn (transitive)”), кирвазтемс (kirvaźťems, “to ignite”)
  • Moksha:
• Proto-Samic: *kuorpëtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *korbët'ak, *korbëntadak (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #362 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.