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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sagarva

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

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

Noun

*sagarva

  1. otter

Inflection

Descendants

From *sagarva:

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

From *sagarma(s):

From *sagukkoi:

  • Finnish: saukko, (dialectal) saukoi

Further reading

  • saarmas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), saarva”, in 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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