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
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, 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
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, 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