Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/poro
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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
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