Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pora

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

According to EES, probably sound-symbolic.[1]

Noun

*pora[2]

  1. ash, ashes
  2. waste (useless by-products)

Inflection

Inflection of *pora
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *pora *porat
accusative *poran *porat
genitive *poran *poradën
*porëidën
partitive *porada *porëida
inessive *porassa
*porahna 		*porëissa
*porëihna
elative *porasta *porëista
illative *porahën *porëihën
adessive *poralla *porëilla
ablative *poralta *porëilta
allative *poralën
*poralëk 		*porëilën
*porëilëk
essive *porana *porëina
translative *poraksi *porëiksi
instructive *poran *porëin
comitative *poranëk *porëinëk
abessive *poratta *porëitta

Descendants

  • Võro: pora

From *por(ë)i (with *-i):

From *poro (with *-o):

References

  1. ^ “pori”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*pora”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “poro2”, in 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
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