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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aivo

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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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Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajŋe.

Noun

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*aivo[1]

  1. brain

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: aju
  • Finnish: aivot pl, (archaic) aivo
  • Ingrian: aivo, aiva
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: aivot pl
    • South Karelian: (dialectal) aivot pl
  • Livvi: aivot pl
  • Veps: aiv, aivod pl
  • Võro: ajo, aivõq pl
  • Votic: ajud pl

References

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

Further reading

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  • aju”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #5 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.