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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oraba

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 Proto-Uralic *ora. Cognates include Proto-Samic *oarēvē. The nature of the third syllable *-ba is unclear.

Noun

*oraba

  1. squirrel

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: orav
  • Finnish: orava
  • Ingrian: orava, (dialectal) orraava
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: vȯrābõz
  • Livvi: orau
    • ? → Ludian: orau
    • ? → Veps: orav
  • Võro: orrav
  • Votic: õravõ

References

  • orav in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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