Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nooruc
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]*nooruc
- youth (period of life)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *nooruc
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nooruc | *noorudët | |
| accusative | *noorudën | *noorudët | |
| genitive | *noorudën | *noorut'ën *noorucidën | |
| partitive | *noorutta | *noorucita | |
| inessive | *noorudëssa *noorudëhna |
*noorucissa *noorucihna | |
| elative | *noorudësta | *noorucista | |
| illative | *noorudësën | *noorucisën | |
| adessive | *noorudëlla | *noorucilla | |
| ablative | *noorudëlta | *noorucilta | |
| allative | *noorudëlën *noorudëlëk |
*noorucilën *noorucilëk | |
| essive | *noorunna | *noorucina | |
| translative | *noorudëksi | *nooruciksi | |
| instructive | *noorudën | *noorucin | |
| comitative | *noorunnëk | *noorucinëk | |
| abessive | *noorudëtta | *noorucitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: noorus
- Finnish: nuoruus
- Ingrian: noorus
- Karelian:
- Livvi: nuorus
- Ludian: nuoruz
- Veps: noruz'
- Võro: nuurus
- Votic: nooruz
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “nuori”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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