Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/audër

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian šiaurė).

Noun

*audër

1. steam, vapor
2. haze, mist

Inflection

Inflection of *audër

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*audër	*autërët
accusative		*autërën	*autërët
genitive		*autërën	*audërdën *autëridën
partitive		*audërta	*autërita
inessive		*autërëssa *autërëhna	*autërissa *autërihna
elative		*autërësta	*autërista
illative		*autërësën	*autërisën
adessive		*autërëlla	*autërilla
ablative		*autërëlta	*autërilta
allative		*autërëlën *autërëlëk	*autërilën *autërilëk
essive		*audërna	*autërina
translative		*autërëksi	*autëriksi
instructive		*autërën	*autërin
comitative		*audërnëk	*autërinëk
abessive		*autërëtta	*autëritta

Descendants

• Estonian: aur
• Finnish: auer, (dialectal) auder, autere
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: auver
• Livonian: ouŗ (< *auri)
• Võro: aur

Further reading

• “aur”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012