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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/airut

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 *airuz.

Noun

*airut (Northern Finnic)

  1. messenger, herald

Inflection
Inflection of *airut
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *airut *airudët
accusative *airudën *airudët
genitive *airudën *airut'ën
*airucidën
partitive *airutta *airucita
inessive *airudëssa
*airudëhna		 *airucissa
*airucihna
elative *airudësta *airucista
illative *airudësën *airucisën
adessive *airudëlla *airucilla
ablative *airudëlta *airucilta
allative *airudëlën
*airudëlëk		 *airucilën
*airucilëk
essive *airunna *airucina
translative *airudëksi *airuciksi
instructive *airudën *airucin
comitative *airunnëk *airucinëk
abessive *airudëtta *airucitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: airut, (dialectal) airuu
  • Karelian: (poetic) airuet pl, airuhut pl, airivot pl

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “airut”, 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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