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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terni

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

Possibly borrowed from early Proto-Indo-Iranian *térunos (later *tárunas).[1]

Noun

*terni

  1. beestings, colostrum

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: ternes
  • Finnish: terni
  • Livonian: ter- (in compound: tersēmḑa)
  • Votic: (Mati) terne

Further reading

  • ternes in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

References

  1. Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), terni”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29
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