Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/purjëh

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

From earlier *purjëš, borrowed from

• Proto-Germanic *buriz (“fair wind”)
• or a Baltic source (compare Lithuanian burė, Latvian bura) – though the direction of borrowing could also be opposite.

Cognate with Proto-Samic *porjës (“sail”).

Noun

*purjëh

1. sail

Inflection

Inflection of *purjëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*purjëh	*purjëhët
accusative		*purjëhën	*purjëhët
genitive		*purjëhën	*purjëhtën *purjëhidën
partitive		*purjëhta	*purjëhita
inessive		*purjëhëssa *purjëhëhna	*purjëhissa *purjëhihna
elative		*purjëhësta	*purjëhista
illative		*purjëhësën	*purjëhisën
adessive		*purjëhëlla	*purjëhilla
ablative		*purjëhëlta	*purjëhilta
allative		*purjëhëlën *purjëhëlëk	*purjëhilën *purjëhilëk
essive		*purjëhëna	*purjëhina
translative		*purjëhëksi	*purjëhiksi
instructive		*purjëhën	*purjëhin
comitative		*purjëhënëk	*purjëhinëk
abessive		*purjëhëtta	*purjëhitta

Descendants

• Estonian: puri
• Finnish: purje
• Ingrian: purje
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: purjeh
  • South Karelian: purjeh
• Livonian: pūŗaz
• Livvi: purjeh
• Veps: pureh
• Võro: pur'o
• Votic: purjõ
• →? Latvian: bura
• →? Lithuanian: burė

Further reading

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