Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/purjëh
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *purjëš, borrowed from
- Proto-Germanic *buriz (“fair wind”)
- or a Baltic source (compare Lithuanian burė, Latvian bura) – though the direction of borrowing could also be opposite.
Cognate with Proto-Samic *porjës (“sail”), *porjëtē (“fair wind”).
Noun
*purjëh[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *purjëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *purjëh | *purjëhët | |
| accusative | *purjëhën | *purjëhët | |
| genitive | *purjëhën | *purjëhtën *purjëhidën | |
| partitive | *purjëhta | *purjëhita | |
| inessive | *purjëhëssa *purjëhëhna |
*purjëhissa *purjëhihna | |
| elative | *purjëhësta | *purjëhista | |
| illative | *purjëhësën | *purjëhisën | |
| adessive | *purjëhëlla | *purjëhilla | |
| ablative | *purjëhëlta | *purjëhilta | |
| allative | *purjëhëlën *purjëhëlëk |
*purjëhilën *purjëhilëk | |
| essive | *purjëhëna | *purjëhina | |
| translative | *purjëhëksi | *purjëhiksi | |
| instructive | *purjëhën | *purjëhin | |
| comitative | *purjëhënëk | *purjëhinëk | |
| abessive | *purjëhëtta | *purjëhitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: puri
- Finnish: purje
- Ingrian: purje
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: purjeh
- South Karelian: purjeh
- Livonian: pūŗaz
- Livvi: purjeh
- → Old East Slavic: пърꙗ (pŭrja)
- →⇒ Old Novgorodian: непърꙗ (nepŭrja)
- Veps: pureh
- Võro: pur'o
- Votic: purjõ
- →? Latvian: bura
- →? Lithuanian: burė
References
Further reading
- “puri”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012