Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/airo
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *airō. Compare also Proto-Samic *ājrō.
Noun
*airo[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *airo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *airo | *airot | |
| accusative | *airon | *airot | |
| genitive | *airon | *airodën *airoidën | |
| partitive | *airoda | *airoida | |
| inessive | *airossa *airohna |
*airoissa *airoihna | |
| elative | *airosta | *airoista | |
| illative | *airohën | *airoihën | |
| adessive | *airolla | *airoilla | |
| ablative | *airolta | *airoilta | |
| allative | *airolën *airolëk |
*airoilën *airoilëk | |
| essive | *airona | *airoina | |
| translative | *airoksi | *airoiksi | |
| instructive | *airon | *airoin | |
| comitative | *aironëk | *airoinëk | |
| abessive | *airotta | *airoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: aer
- Finnish: airo
- Ingrian: airo
- Karelian:
- Livonian: āiraz, (Salaca) airas, air
- → Latvian: airis
- Livvi: airo
- Ludian: air
- Veps: air
- Votic: airo
References
Further reading
- “aer”, in 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words] (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