Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/bur

This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *para. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *paras (“better”) and Proto-Samic *puorē (“good”).

Adjective

*bur (stem *bur-)

good

Descendants

Old Komi: 𐍑𐍣𐍠 (bur)
- Komi-Permyak: бур (bur)
- Komi-Yazva: бур (bur)
- Komi-Zyrian: бур (bur)
Udmurt: бур (bur)

References

Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “бур”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka
Sándor Csúcs (2005) Die Rekonstruktion der Permischen Grundsprache (Bibliotheca Uralica; 13) (in German), Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, page 322