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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/poro

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

Probably sound-symbolic.

Noun

*poro

  1. ash, ashes
  2. waste (useless by-products)

Inflection
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
  • Estonian: ⇒ pori
  • Finnish: poro
  • Ingrian: poro
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: poro
    • South Karelian: poro
  • Livvi: poro
  • Ludian: poro
  • Veps: poro
  • Votic: poro

Further reading
  • “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]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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