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]

oar

Inflection

Inflection of *airo

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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
- → Latvian: airis
Livvi: airo
Ludian: air
Veps: air
Votic: airo

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*airo”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

“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]‎^[2] (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

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*airo”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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