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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/perkeleh

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 [Term?] (whence Latvian pērkons and Lithuanian perkūnas). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*perkeleh

  1. evil spirit ?

Inflection

Interjection

*perkeleh

  1. damn
  • *përku
    • Estonian: põrgu

Descendants

  • Estonian: pergel, pärgel
  • Finnish: perkele, prkl
    • Kven: perkelet
    • Danish: (obsolete) perkild
    • Swedish: (dialectal) perkel, pärkel
  • Ingrian: perkele
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: perkeleh
    • South Karelian: pergeleh
  • Livvi: pergeleh
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä, Kõrvõttula, Lempola, Mati, Pummala) perkele
  • Proto-Samic: *pearkëlë (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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