Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/airo

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *airō. Compare also Proto-Samic *ājrō.

Noun

*airo

1. oar

Inflection

Inflection of *airo

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*airo	*airot
accusative		*airon	*airot
genitive		*airon	*airodën *airoidën
partitive		*airoda	*airoida
inessive		*airossa *airohna	*airoissa *airoihna
elative		*airosta	*airoista
illative		*airohën	*airoihën
adessive		*airolla	*airoilla
ablative		*airolta	*airoilta
allative		*airolën *airolëk	*airoilën *airoilëk
essive		*airona	*airoina
translative		*airoksi	*airoiksi
instructive		*airon	*airoin
comitative		*aironëk	*airoinëk
abessive		*airotta	*airoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: aer
• Finnish: airo
• Ingrian: airo
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: airo
  • South Karelian: airo
• Livonian: āiraz, (Salaca) airas, air
  • → Latvian: airis
• Livvi: airo
• Ludian: air
• Veps: air
• Votic: airo

Further reading

• “aer”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN