perata
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- (transitive) to gut eviscerate a fish
- (transitive) to clean, pick remove useless parts of something, such as cleaning berries or mushrooms etc.
- (transitive) to weed remove unwanted plants from farmland, a plant nursery, etc.
- (transitive) to clean a body of water by removing rocks, vegetation etc. in case of rivers or creeks, may also include straightening
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *pergat'ak derived from Proto-Germanic *berganą (care for, preserve, keep, protect, save, take care of, shelter).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*berganą
Gloss
care for, preserve, keep, protect, save, take care of, shelter
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- joenperkaus Finnish
- kalanperkeet Finnish
- ojanperkaus Finnish
- perkaaja Finnish
- perkaus Finnish
- perkausrauta Finnish
- perkeet Finnish
- perkiö Finnish
- perkuu Finnish
- perkuulauta Finnish
- *bhergh- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *werk'- Proto-Indo-European
- *werḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *berganą Proto-Germanic
- bärga Swedish
- beorgan Old English
- bjarga Old Norse
- bergan Old High German
- 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- bergan Old Dutch
- *pergat'ak Proto-Finnic
- bergan Old Saxon
- protect, hide, *bergan, to take care of Frankish