Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nooli

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 Proto-Uralic *ńële.[1] The Finnic term is attested since an early date; it is found twice in Birch bark letter no. 292 from the 1200s, as нуоли (nuoli) and ноули (nouli).

Noun

*nooli[2]

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Inflection

Inflection of *nooli
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nooli *noolët
accusative *noolën *noolët
genitive *noolën *nooldën
*noolidën
partitive *noolta *noolida
inessive *noolëssa
*noolëhna 		*noolissa
*noolihna
elative *noolësta *noolista
illative *noolëhën *noolihën
adessive *noolëlla *noolilla
ablative *noolëlta *noolilta
allative *noolëlën
*noolëlëk 		*noolilën
*noolilëk
essive *noolla *noolina
translative *noolëksi *nooliksi
instructive *noolën *noolin
comitative *noollëk *noolinëk
abessive *noolëtta *noolitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: nool
  • Finnish: nuoli
  • Ingrian: nooli
  • Karelian: nuoli
  • Livonian: nūoļ
  • Veps: nol (from *noola)
  • Võro: nuul'

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “nuoli”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*nooli”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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