Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/veeri

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-Permic *wäre.

Noun

*veeri

1. side, flank
2. edge

Inflection

Inflection of *veeri

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*veeri	*veeret
accusative		*veeren	*veeret
genitive		*veeren	*veerden *veeriden
partitive		*veertä	*veeridä
inessive		*veeressä *veerehnä	*veerissä *veerihnä
elative		*veerestä	*veeristä
illative		*veerehen	*veerihen
adessive		*veerellä	*veerillä
ablative		*veereltä	*veeriltä
allative		*veerelen *veerelek	*veerilen *veerilek
essive		*veernä	*veerinä
translative		*veereksi	*veeriksi
instructive		*veeren	*veerin
comitative		*veernek	*veerinek
abessive		*veerettä	*veerittä

Derived terms

• Adverbs: *veerehen, *veeressä, *veerestä
• Nouns: *veeras, *veero, *veeru, *veerus
• Verbs: *veerdäk, *veerettädäk, *veeroittadak, *veertädäk, *veerüdäk

Synonyms

• (side): *peeli, *pooli
• (edge): *kaca, *rëuna

Descendants

• Estonian: veer
• Finnish: vieri
• Karelian: vieri
• Ludian: vier
• Veps: ver'
• Võro: viir'
• Votic: (Kattila) veeri

References

• Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2012. "On Finnic long vowels, Samoyed vowel sequences, and Proto-Uralic *x". In: Hyytiäinen, Tiina; Jalava, Lotta; Saarikivi, Janne; Sandman, Erika (eds.), Per Urales ad Orientem. Iter polyphonicum multilinguae. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 264, pp. 227–250.

• “veer”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN