pörte

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish pyrte, borrowed from Finnish pirtti (“cabin, cottage”) with rounding of the vowel following a labial and preceding a coronal sonorant. Cf. mynta (“mint”).

Noun

pörte n

1. a Finnish-style log cabin without a chimney, but with a fireplace

Declension

Declension of pörte
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pörte	pörtet	pörten	pörtena
Genitive	pörtes	pörtets	pörtens	pörtenas

References

• pörte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Noreen, Adolf (1918). Grunddragen av den fornsvenska grammatiken: till den akademiska undervisningens tjänst. 2nd ed. Stockholm: Norstedt