Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nooli
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *ńële.[1] The Finnic term is attested since an early date; it is found twice in Birch bark letter no. 292 from the 1200s, as нуоли (nuoli) and ноули (nouli).
Noun
[edit]*nooli[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *nooli
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nooli | *noolët | |
| accusative | *noolën | *noolët | |
| genitive | *noolën | *nooldën *noolidën | |
| partitive | *noolta | *noolida | |
| inessive | *noolëssa *noolëhna |
*noolissa *noolihna | |
| elative | *noolësta | *noolista | |
| illative | *noolëhën | *noolihën | |
| adessive | *noolëlla | *noolilla | |
| ablative | *noolëlta | *noolilta | |
| allative | *noolëlën *noolëlëk |
*noolilën *noolilëk | |
| essive | *noolla | *noolina | |
| translative | *noolëksi | *nooliksi | |
| instructive | *noolën | *noolin | |
| comitative | *noollëk | *noolinëk | |
| abessive | *noolëtta | *noolitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: nool
- Finnish: nuoli
- Ingrian: nooli
- Karelian: nuoli
- Livonian: nūoļ
- Veps: nol (from *noola)
- Võro: nu̬u̬l'
References
[edit]- ^ Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “nuoli”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*nooli”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
[edit]- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “nuoli”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN