Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koorëh
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Uralic *korɜ + *-eh.
Noun
*koorëh
- (Northern Finnic) European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus)
Inflection
Inflection of *koorëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *koorëh | *koorëhët | |
| accusative | *koorëhën | *koorëhët | |
| genitive | *koorëhën | *koorëhtën *koorëhidën | |
| partitive | *koorëhta | *koorëhita | |
| inessive | *koorëhëssa *koorëhëhna |
*koorëhissa *koorëhihna | |
| elative | *koorëhësta | *koorëhista | |
| illative | *koorëhësën | *koorëhisën | |
| adessive | *koorëhëlla | *koorëhilla | |
| ablative | *koorëhëlta | *koorëhilta | |
| allative | *koorëhëlën *koorëhëlëk |
*koorëhilën *koorëhilëk | |
| essive | *koorëhëna | *koorëhina | |
| translative | *koorëhëksi | *koorëhiksi | |
| instructive | *koorëhën | *koorëhin | |
| comitative | *koorëhënëk | *koorëhinëk | |
| abessive | *koorëhëtta | *koorëhitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: kuore
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kuoreh
- South Karelian: kuoreh
- ⇒ Livvi: kuorʹoi, kuoris
- Ludian: kuoriž, kuoreh, kuorʹoi
- Veps: koreh
- → Russian: корюшка (korjuška)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuore”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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
- Entry #364 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.