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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/airo

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *airō. Compare also Proto-Samic *ājrō.

Noun

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*airo[1]

  1. oar

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: aer
  • Finnish: airo
  • Ingrian: airo
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: airo
    • South Karelian: airo
  • Livonian: āiraz, (Salaca) airas, air
  • Livvi: airo
  • Ludian: air
  • Veps: air
  • Votic: airo

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*airo”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • aer”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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