Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/anger-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/anger-

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 borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian vingiorykštė, vangarykštė). Another theory (by EVE) posits a borrowing from a hypothetical Proto-Norse [script needed] (*angan-wahstuʀ).[1]

Noun

*anger-

1. meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

Descendants

• Estonian: anger- (in compound: angervaks)
• Finnish: angervo
• Karelian: ankervo
• Livonian: āngastõm- (in compound: āngastõmāin)
• Võro: angõr- (in compounds: angõrhain, angõrpist')

References

1. Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “angervo”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

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