Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vooro

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian vora (line, row)).

Noun edit

*vooro

  1. turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others; spell of work)

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: voor
  • Finnish: vuoro
  • Ingrian: vooro
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: vuoro
  • Ludian: vuor
  • Võro: vuur'
  • Votic: vooro
  • Proto-Samic: *vuorō (see there for further descendants)
  • Akkala Sami: вуоро (vuoro)

Further reading edit

  • voor”, 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), “vuoro”, 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