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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ankërijas

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *angurjas (whence Lithuanian ungurys and Old Prussian angurgis).

Noun

*ankërijas

  1. eel (Anguilla anguilla)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: angerjas
  • Finnish: ankerias
  • Ingrian: ankerias
  • Karelian: ankerjas
  • Livonian: aņgõrz
  • Livvi: ängeriäs
  • Võro: angõrjas
  • Votic: angõrjõz

Further reading

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