Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vero

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 from Proto-Finno-Permic *werᴈ, or borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse verðr).

Noun

*vero

1. meal
2. compensation, payment

Inflection

Inflection of *vero

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vero	*verot
accusative		*veron	*verot
genitive		*veron	*verodën *veroidën
partitive		*veroda	*veroida
inessive		*verossa *verohna	*veroissa *veroihna
elative		*verosta	*veroista
illative		*verohën	*veroihën
adessive		*verolla	*veroilla
ablative		*verolta	*veroilta
allative		*verolën *verolëk	*veroilën *veroilëk
essive		*verona	*veroina
translative		*veroksi	*veroiksi
instructive		*veron	*veroin
comitative		*veronëk	*veroinëk
abessive		*verotta	*veroitta

Descendants

• >? Estonian: võru
• Finnish: vero
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: vero
  • South Karelian: vero
• Livvi: vero
• Ludian: vero
• Votic: võro
• → Proto-Samic: *vearō (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vero”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN