Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/poo

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-Uralic *puwe (“behind”).

Noun

*poo

1. anus
2. vulva

Inflection

Inflection of *poo

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*poo	*poot
accusative		*poon	*poot
genitive		*poon	*poodën *poidën
partitive		*poota	*poita
inessive		*poossa *poohna	*poissa *poihna
elative		*poosta	*poista
illative		*poosën	*poisën
adessive		*poolla	*poilla
ablative		*poolta	*poilta
allative		*poolën *poolëk	*poilën *poilëk
essive		*poona	*poina
translative		*pooksi	*poiksi
instructive		*poon	*poin
comitative		*poonëk	*poinëk
abessive		*pootta	*poitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) puo
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: puo
• Veps: po

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “puo”, 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