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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/airo
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *airō. Compare also Proto-Samic *ājrō.
Noun
*airo
- 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 | ||
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nominative | *airo | *airot | |
accusative | *airon | *airot | |
genitive | *airon | *airoden *airoiden | |
partitive | *airoda | *airoida | |
inessive | *airossa *airohna | *airoissa *airoihna | |
elative | *airosta | *airoista | |
illative | *airohen | *airoihen | |
adessive | *airolla | *airoilla | |
ablative | *airolta | *airoilta | |
allative | *airolen *airolek | *airoilen *airoilek | |
essive | *airona | *airoina | |
translative | *airoksi | *airoiksi | |
instructive | *airon | *airoin | |
comitative | *aironek | *airoinek | |
abessive | *airotta | *airoitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: aer
- Finnish: airo
- Ingrian: airo
- Karelian: airo
- Livonian: airas, (Salaca) air
- → Latvian: airis
- Livvi: airo
- Ludian: air
- Veps: air
- Votic: airo
References
- aer in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN