Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aro

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *arɜ.

Noun

*aro

1. swampy meadow
2. dry grassland, meadow

Inflection

Inflection of *aro

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*aro	*arot
accusative		*aron	*arot
genitive		*aron	*arodën *aroidën
partitive		*aroda	*aroida
inessive		*arossa *arohna	*aroissa *aroihna
elative		*arosta	*aroista
illative		*arohën	*aroihën
adessive		*arolla	*aroilla
ablative		*arolta	*aroilta
allative		*arolën *arolëk	*aroilën *aroilëk
essive		*arona	*aroina
translative		*aroksi	*aroiksi
instructive		*aron	*aroin
comitative		*aronëk	*aroinëk
abessive		*arotta	*aroitta

Descendants

• Estonian: aru
• Finnish: aro
• Karelian: aro
• Võro: aro

Further reading

• “aru”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #27 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.