Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vooro

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian vora (“line, row”)).

Noun

*vooro

1. turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others; spell of work)

Inflection

Inflection of *vooro

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vooro	*voorot
accusative		*vooron	*voorot
genitive		*vooron	*voorodën *vooroidën
partitive		*vooroda	*vooroida
inessive		*voorossa *voorohna	*vooroissa *vooroihna
elative		*voorosta	*vooroista
illative		*voorohën	*vooroihën
adessive		*voorolla	*vooroilla
ablative		*voorolta	*vooroilta
allative		*voorolën *voorolëk	*vooroilën *vooroilëk
essive		*voorona	*vooroina
translative		*vooroksi	*vooroiksi
instructive		*vooron	*vooroin
comitative		*vooronëk	*vooroinëk
abessive		*voorotta	*vooroitta

Descendants

• Estonian: voor
• Finnish: vuoro
• Ingrian: vooro
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: vuoro
  • South Karelian: vuoro
• Livvi: vuoro
• Ludian: vuor
• Võro: vuur'
• Votic: vooro
• → Proto-Samic: *vuorō (see there for further descendants)
• → Akkala Sami: вуоро (vuoro)

Further reading

• “voor”, 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), “vuoro”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN