Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/murjat'ak

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

According to Metsäranta (2023), possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *murja-, if cognate with Proto-Permic [Term?] (whence Komi-Zyrian мырд (myrd), Udmurt мыр-мыр (myr-myr)).[1] Contains the suffix +‎ *-t'ak.

Verb

*murjat'ak (stem *murjada-)

  1. to handle roughly
    1. to maul, to mangle
    2. to wrinkle, to rumple

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: (dialectal) murjata
  • Ingrian: murjata
  • Votic: murjautõ

From *murjoidak (with *-oidak):

  • Finnish: murjoa
  • Ingrian: murjoa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: murjuo
    • South Karelian: murjuo
  • Livvi: murjuo

References

  1. ^ Metsäranta, Niklas. Permeating etymology – remarks on Permic etymology. USA/JSFOu 99, 2023. pp. 189–191

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “murjoa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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