Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kärbäs

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 1

    Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harbaz (compare Old Norse harfr).

    Noun

    *kärbäs[1]

    1. a tree with many branches
    2. a hay drying rack made of such a tree
    Inflection
    Descendants

    From *kärbäs:

    • Estonian: (dialectal) kärbas
      • Latvian: ķērpas
    • Finnish: kärväs

    From *kärbüs:

    • Finnish: (dialectal) kärvys
    • Veps: kärbuz

    From *kärbis:

    • Estonian: kärbis
    • Võro: kärbik

    References

    1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kärbVs”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

    Further reading

    • kärbis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
    • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kärväs”, 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

    Etymology 2

      Unknown. Compared with Erzya [script needed] (karvo) and Eastern Mari [script needed] (karme), although such comparisons remain irregular.

      Noun

      *kärbäs

      1. fly (insect)
        Synonym: *kärpähinen
      2. fly egg
      Inflection
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Further reading

      • Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kärpä⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[3] (in Finnish)
      • kärbes”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
      • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kärpänen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[4] (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