Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/purnu
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Uncertain. According to Aikio (2009), borrowed from Proto-Samic *puornë.[1] Metsäranta (2024) instead suggests that both the Samic and Finnic words might have been borrowed independently from an unknown third source, perhaps by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *brunnô.[2]
Noun
*purnu (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *purnu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *purnu | *purnut | |
| accusative | *purnun | *purnut | |
| genitive | *purnun | *purnudën *purnuidën | |
| partitive | *purnuda | *purnuida | |
| inessive | *purnussa *purnuhna |
*purnuissa *purnuihna | |
| elative | *purnusta | *purnuista | |
| illative | *purnuhën | *purnuihën | |
| adessive | *purnulla | *purnuilla | |
| ablative | *purnulta | *purnuilta | |
| allative | *purnulën *purnulëk |
*purnuilën *purnuilëk | |
| essive | *purnuna | *purnuina | |
| translative | *purnuksi | *purnuiksi | |
| instructive | *purnun | *purnuin | |
| comitative | *purnunëk | *purnuinëk | |
| abessive | *purnutta | *purnuitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: purnu, (Western dialects) purmu
- Ingrian: purnu, purno
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: puurnu, purnu
- South Karelian: puurnu
- Livvi: puurnu, puuru
- Ludian: purn, puurn
- Veps: purn
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “purnu”, 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
- ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
- ^ Metsäranta, Niklas: Ein Fall für zwei (oder drei) – Liquid metathesis substitution in Germanic loanwords in Finnic: old and new cases. E litoribus Balticis etymologiae. pp. 79-104. Uralica Helsingiensia 15. Helsinki 2024 [1]