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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/airo

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]

  1. oar

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:
    • North Karelian: airo
    • South Karelian: airo
  • Livonian: āiraz, (Salaca) airas, air
  • Livvi: airo
  • Ludian: air
  • Veps: air
  • Votic: airo

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*airo”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “aer”, 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), 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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