Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/poro

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

Alternative reconstructions

*pora

Etymology

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

Noun

*poro

ash, ashes
waste (useless by-products)

Inflection

Inflection of *poro

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*poro	*porot
accusative	*poron	*porot
genitive	*poron	porodën poroidën
partitive	*poroda	*poroida
inessive	porossa porohna	poroissa poroihna
elative	*porosta	*poroista
illative	*porohën	*poroihën
adessive	*porolla	*poroilla
ablative	*porolta	*poroilta
allative	porolën porolëk	poroilën poroilëk
essive	*porona	*poroina
translative	*poroksi	*poroiksi
instructive	*poron	*poroin
comitative	*poronëk	*poroinëk
abessive	*porotta	*poroitta

Descendants

Estonian: ⇒ pori
Finnish: poro
Ingrian: poro
Karelian:
- North Karelian: poro
- South Karelian: poro
Livvi: poro
Ludian: poro
Veps: poro
Votic: poro

From *pora:

⇒ Livonian: bo’ŗ
Võro: pora

References

^ “pori”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pora”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, 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

[1] “pori”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

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