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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/soora

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

Unknown. Possibly a derivative *soo- +‎ *-ra from an otherwise unattested root, possibly loaned from Proto-Germanic *stā-, *stō- (“to stand”). In this case the earliest meaning would have been "free-standing, erect", as is suggested by the further derivative *sooro (“penis of domesticated animal”). The Germanic etymology is however rejected by LÄGLOS on semantic grounds.[1]

Adjective

*soora

  1. straight

Inflection
Inflection of *soora
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *soora *soorat
accusative *sooran *soorat
genitive *sooran *sooraden
*sooreiden
partitive *soorada *sooreida
inessive *soorassa
*soorahna		 *sooreissa
*sooreihna
elative *soorasta *sooreista
illative *soorahen *sooreihen
adessive *sooralla *sooreilla
ablative *sooralta *sooreilta
allative *sooralen
*sooralek		 *sooreilen
*sooreilek
essive *soorana *sooreina
translative *sooraksi *sooreiksi
instructive *sooran *soorein
comitative *sooranek *sooreinek
abessive *sooratta *sooreitta

Derived terms
  • *sooro

Descendants
  • Estonian: (obsolete) soora (“straight”) (adverb, from *soorahen)
  • Finnish: suora
  • Ingrian: soora
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: *soortadak > sūortõ
  • Ludian: *sooreda > suored
  • Veps: *sooreda > soŕed

References
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  1. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
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