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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haikari

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-Germanic *haigrô.

Noun

*haikari

  1. heron (Ardeidae)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: haigur
  • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) haikari
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: haigari
  • Võro: (rare, obsolete?) haigri, haigru

From *haikara:

Further reading

  • haigur”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “haikara”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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