Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nëuvo
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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
Unknown.
Noun
*nëuvo[1]
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 | |
Related terms
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
References
Further reading
- “nõu”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012