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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jäärä

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

Borrowed either from Proto-Baltic *jēras (whence Latvian jērs, Lithuanian ėras), or from Proto-Slavic *jarъka (whence Russian ярка (jarka)).

Noun

*jäärä

  1. ram (male sheep)
    Synonym: *oinas

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: jäär
  • Finnish: jäärä
    • Karelian: jeärä
  • Livonian: jǭsõ

From *jääräs:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) jääras

Further reading

  • jäär in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), jäärä”, 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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