Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/äredä

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sound-symbolic root +‎ *-edä.

Adjective[edit]

*äredä

  1. grumpy, irascible

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: ärev, (dialectal) äre
  • Finnish: äreä
  • Karelian: ärie
  • Livonian: ärī
  • Livvi: ärei
  • Veps: äred

Further reading[edit]

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