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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/voo

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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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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *uwa (flow, current).

Noun

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*voo[1]

  1. flow, current

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: voog
  • Finnish: vuo
  • Livvi: vuo
  • Võro: vuu

From *uva:

References

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

Further reading

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  • voog”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012