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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/parvi

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 1

From Proto-Uralic *parewa, *parewe.[1]

Noun

*parvi

  1. flock, group (of animals)
Inflection
Descendants
  • Estonian: parv
  • Finnish: parvi
  • Ingrian: parvi
  • Karelian: parvi
  • Livvi: parvi
  • Veps: parveh
  • Võro: parv'
  • Votic: parvi

Etymology 2

Probably from Etymology 1, perhaps originally in the sense "group of logs joined together". Cognates include Proto-Samic *poarēvē (raft), Northern Khanty пөр (pør, raft) and Tundra Nenets [script needed] (pārī).

Noun

*parvi

  1. raft
    Synonym: *lautta
  2. loft
Inflection
Descendants

Further reading

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

References

  1. Aikio, Ante: The Finnic ‘secondary e-stems’ and Proto-Uralic vocalism SUSA/JSFOu 95 (2015)
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