Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sagarva

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Possibly related to Proto-Samic *čeavrēs, which has been considered a substrate loan.

Noun[edit]

*sagarva

  1. otter

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

From *sagarva:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) saarva
  • Karelian: soarva
  • Livonian: sa’grõb
  • Livvi: sagarvo
  • Ludian: sagarv
  • Veps: sagarv
  • Võro: saarva

From *sagarma(s):

From *sagukkoi:

Further reading[edit]

  • saarmas”, 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), “saarva”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN