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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurdëh

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian kurls, Lithuanian kurtus, kurčias). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

*kurdëh

  1. deaf

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kurre
  • Veps: kurdiž
  • Votic: kurrõ

From *kurtti:

  • Estonian: kurt
  • Võro: kurt'

From *kuurnëh:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) kuurne, kuurnes, kuurna, ? kuuro
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kuurneh, kuurnis
    • South Karelian: kuurnis
  • Livvi: kuurnis, kuuris
  • Ludian: kuurniž

Further reading

  • kurt in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), kuuro”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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