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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tärkedä

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

Fronted variant of *tarkëda (whence Finnish tarkea, Karelian tarkie), which is akin to *tarkka (the adjective ending has been swapped; *-ëda/*-këda ~ *-kka).

Adjective

*tärkedä

  1. important

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: tärkeä
  • Karelian: tärkie
  • Veps: tärged
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