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tundar · Sámi (source says Lappish)
noun · Sámi (source says Lappish)
Transliteration: tundar
a northern upland or marshy plain. The source gives Lappish tundar as the deeper form and reports more than one landscape gloss.
Date not yet researched — The inspected source names this form but does not supply an independent date for this stage.
Location not yet researched — The inspected lexical passage does not establish a defensible historical coordinate for this stage.
tundra: The Russian-to-Sámi route is retained, but the source's competing glosses and older label Lappish are made visible rather than normalized into certainty. Entry — etymology paragraph
тундра · Russian
noun · Russian
Transliteration: tundra
Arctic steppe. Russian tundra is the intermediary form named in the inspected account.
Date not yet researched — The inspected source names this form but does not supply an independent date for this stage.
Location not yet researched — The inspected lexical passage does not establish a defensible historical coordinate for this stage.
tundra: The Russian-to-Sámi route is retained, but the source's competing glosses and older label Lappish are made visible rather than normalized into certainty. Entry — etymology paragraph
tundra · English
noun · English
Transliteration: tundra
a nearly treeless Arctic region. English tundra names a nearly treeless Arctic steppe or region.
1841 · English landscape term — The source dates the English record to 1841.
Location not yet researched — The inspected lexical passage does not establish a defensible historical coordinate for this stage.
tundra: The Russian-to-Sámi route is retained, but the source's competing glosses and older label Lappish are made visible rather than normalized into certainty. Entry — etymology paragraph
tundar → tundra: borrowing, qualified. The source reports the Russian form from a Lappish/Sámi source with competing glosses. Entry — etymology paragraph
tundra → tundra: borrowing, documented. The relationship is represented at the scope supported by the inspected source passage. Entry — etymology paragraph