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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nëuvo

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.

Noun

*nëuvo

  1. advice
  2. tool

Inflection
Inflection of *nëuvo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nëuvo *nëuvot
accusative *nëuvon *nëuvot
genitive *nëuvon *nëuvodën
*nëuvoidën
partitive *nëuvoda *nëuvoida
inessive *nëuvossa
*nëuvohna		 *nëuvoissa
*nëuvoihna
elative *nëuvosta *nëuvoista
illative *nëuvohën *nëuvoihën
adessive *nëuvolla *nëuvoilla
ablative *nëuvolta *nëuvoilta
allative *nëuvolën
*nëuvolëk		 *nëuvoilën
*nëuvoilëk
essive *nëuvona *nëuvoina
translative *nëuvoksi *nëuvoiksi
instructive *nëuvon *nëuvoin
comitative *nëuvonëk *nëuvoinëk
abessive *nëuvotta *nëuvoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: nõu
  • Finnish: neuvo
  • Ingrian: nevvo, (Soikkola) neuvvo
  • Karelian: neuvo
  • Livonian: nõ’v
  • Livvi: nevvo
  • Veps: nevo (in compound: kenginevo (“footwear”))
  • Võro: nõvv, nõu
  • Votic: nõvvo
  • → Proto-Samic: *neavvō

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