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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuuro

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.

Noun

*kuuro

  1. rain shower, shower
  2. moment

Inflection
Inflection of *kuuro
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kuuro *kuurot
accusative *kuuron *kuurot
genitive *kuuron *kuurodën
*kuuroidën
partitive *kuuroda *kuuroida
inessive *kuurossa
*kuurohna		 *kuuroissa
*kuuroihna
elative *kuurosta *kuuroista
illative *kuurohën *kuuroihën
adessive *kuurolla *kuuroilla
ablative *kuurolta *kuuroilta
allative *kuurolën
*kuurolëk		 *kuuroilën
*kuuroilëk
essive *kuurona *kuuroina
translative *kuuroksi *kuuroiksi
instructive *kuuron *kuuroin
comitative *kuuronëk *kuuroinëk
abessive *kuurotta *kuuroitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: kuuro
  • Karelian: kuuro (in compound: kuuropeä)
  • Veps: kur, kuro
  • Votic: (Rudja) kuuro

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuuro”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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