Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tärkedä

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

Fronted variant of *tarkëda (whence Finnish tarkea, Karelian tarkie), which is akin to *tarkka (the adjective ending has been swapped; *-ëda/*-këda ~ *-kka).

Adjective

*tärkedä (Northern Finnic)

  1. important

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: tärkeä
  • Karelian: tärkie
  • Livvi: tärgei
  • Veps: tärged

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “tärkeä”, 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