Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jürkedä

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

Unknown, but contains the suffix +‎ *-edä.

Adjective

*jürkedä

  1. large, bulky, sturdy
  2. rough, rugged, jagged
  3. steep

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: jyrkeä (dialectal)
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: jyrginäne
  • Livvi: jyrginäine
  • Livonian: jurg

From *jürkkä (Northern Finnic, suffix substitution *-këda > *-kka):

  • Finnish: jyrkkä
  • Ingrian: jyrkkä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: jyrkky, jyrky
  • Ludian: dʹürk
  • Veps: mürk (irregular initial consonant)

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*jürke⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “jyrkkä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN