Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/poro
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably sound-symbolic.
Noun
[edit]*poro
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *poro
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *poro | *porot | |
accusative | *poron | *porot | |
genitive | *poron | *porodën *poroidën | |
partitive | *poroda | *poroida | |
inessive | *porossa *porohna |
*poroissa *poroihna | |
elative | *porosta | *poroista | |
illative | *porohën | *poroihën | |
adessive | *porolla | *poroilla | |
ablative | *porolta | *poroilta | |
allative | *porolën *porolëk |
*poroilën *poroilëk | |
essive | *porona | *poroina | |
translative | *poroksi | *poroiksi | |
instructive | *poron | *poroin | |
comitative | *poronëk | *poroinëk | |
abessive | *porotta | *poroitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: ⇒ pori
- Finnish: poro
- Ingrian: poro
- Karelian:
- Livvi: poro
- Ludian: poro
- Veps: poro
- Votic: poro
Further reading
[edit]- “pori”, 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), “poro”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN