Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/särmä

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

From *sär(k)- (to chop, splinter, break) +‎ *-mä.

Noun

*särmä

  1. strip, shred

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: särmä
  • Veps: särm

From *särmeh ~ *särmek (with *-ëh ~ *-ëk):

  • Estonian: särme

Further reading

  • särme”, 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), “särmä”, 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