Mis hullumeelne idee - etümologiseerida taimenimesid! (Fucus vesiculosus)
The crazy idea of etymologising plant names: adru (Fucus vesiculosus)
Author(s): Lembit VabaSubject(s): Language studies, Lexis, Sociolinguistics, Finno-Ugrian studies, Baltic Languages
Published by: SA Kultuurileht
Keywords: Finnic languages; Baltic loanwords; lexical history;
Summary/Abstract: A Baltic etymology is suggested for an Estonian-Finnish root name for seaweed (Est adru, adra etc, Fin haura, hauru, hatru ‘kelp, bladderwrack’). The hypothetical origin of the word is *šandra, continuing in the modern Lithuanian šañdrai pl, šandros pl ‘trash, litter, blades of grass, wash-up left by floods on riverbanks or in flood meadows’. The idea looks impeccable both from a phonetic and semantic point of view.
Journal: Keel ja Kirjandus
- Issue Year: LIX/2016
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 939-946
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Estonian