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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/përmanto

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

Uncertain. Possibly derived from the same root as *përmu (dust, dirt), if the original meaning was "dirt floor".

Noun

*përmanto

  1. floor

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: permanto
  • Ingrian: permanto
  • Livonian: pȭrand
  • Võro: põrmand
  • Votic: (Pummala) põrmato
  • ? Northern Sami: bearpmet

From *përmanta:

  • Estonian: põrand
  • Finnish: (obsolete) permanta
  • Votic: (Mati, Kõrvõttula) põrmata, põrmanta

Further reading

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