pörte

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish pyrte, borrowed from Finnish pirtti (“cabin, cottage”) with rounding of the vowel following a labial and preceding a coronal sonorant. Cf. mynta (“mint”).

Noun

pörte n

1. a Finnish-style log cabin without a chimney, but with a fireplace

Declension

Declension of pörte

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pörte	pörtes
	definite	pörtet	pörtets
plural	indefinite	pörten	pörtens
	definite	pörtena	pörtenas

References

• pörte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Noreen, Adolf (1918). Grunddragen av den fornsvenska grammatiken: till den akademiska undervisningens tjänst. 2nd ed. Stockholm: Norstedt