Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/toorës
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian dõras (“good, suitable”).
Adjective
*toorës[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *toorës
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *toorës | *toorëhët | |
| accusative | *toorëhën | *toorëhët | |
| genitive | *toorëhën | *toorëstën *toorëhidën | |
| partitive | *toorësta | *toorëhita | |
| inessive | *toorëhëssa *toorëhëhna |
*toorëhissa *toorëhihna | |
| elative | *toorëhësta | *toorëhista | |
| illative | *toorëhësën | *toorëhisën | |
| adessive | *toorëhëlla | *toorëhilla | |
| ablative | *toorëhëlta | *toorëhilta | |
| allative | *toorëhëlën *toorëhëlëk |
*toorëhilën *toorëhilëk | |
| essive | *toorëssa | *toorëhina | |
| translative | *toorëhëksi | *toorëhiksi | |
| instructive | *toorëhën | *toorëhin | |
| comitative | *toorëssëk | *toorëhinëk | |
| abessive | *toorëhëtta | *toorëhitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: toores
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: tuoreš
- South Karelian: tuoreš
- Livonian: tūorõz
- Livvi: tuores
- Ludian: tuorez
- Veps: torez
- Võro: toorõs, tooras
From *toorëh (reformed with *-ëh):
References
Further reading
- “toores”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012