Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/voori

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

From earlier *wa(a)ri, either from Proto-Uralic *wëre (compare Komi-Zyrian вӧр (vör, “forest”)) or from *wärä (compare Proto-Samic *vārē (“mountain”)).

Noun

*voori^[1]

large hill

Inflection

Inflection of *voori

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*voori	*voorët
accusative	*voorën	*voorët
genitive	*voorën	voordën vooridën
partitive	*voorta	*voorida
inessive	voorëssa voorëhna	voorissa voorihna
elative	*voorësta	*voorista
illative	*voorëhën	*voorihën
adessive	*voorëlla	*voorilla
ablative	*voorëlta	*voorilta
allative	voorëlën voorëlëk	voorilën voorilëk
essive	*voorra	*voorina
translative	*voorëksi	*vooriksi
instructive	*voorën	*voorin
comitative	*voorrëk	*voorinëk
abessive	*voorëtta	*vooritta

Descendants

Finnish: vuori
- → Estonian: voor (“drumlin”)
- → Karelian:
  - North Karelian: vuori
  - South Karelian: (dialectal) vuori
- → Livvi: vuori

References

Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “vuori”, 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

References

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

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

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