Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/somëra

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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]

Cognate with Proto-Samic *čuomër. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun[edit]

*somëra

  1. rough gravel or sand

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: sõmer
  • Finnish: somero, (dialectal) somera
  • Livonian: sumār
  • Võro: sõmmõr'
  • Votic: sõmõrõ

Further reading[edit]

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