Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/noori

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

Either from Proto-Uralic *ńëre (“moist, wet”) or from Proto-Uralic *ńärä (“raw”).^[1]

Adjective

*noori^[2]

young

Inflection

Inflection of *noori

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*noori	*noorët
accusative	*noorën	*noorët
genitive	*noorën	noordën nooridën
partitive	*noorta	*noorida
inessive	noorëssa noorëhna	noorissa noorihna
elative	*noorësta	*noorista
illative	*noorëhën	*noorihën
adessive	*noorëlla	*noorilla
ablative	*noorëlta	*noorilta
allative	noorëlën noorëlëk	noorilën noorilëk
essive	*noorra	*noorina
translative	*noorëksi	*nooriksi
instructive	*noorën	*noorin
comitative	*noorrëk	*noorinëk
abessive	*noorëtta	*nooritta

Antonyms

*vanha

Descendants

Estonian: noor
Finnish: nuori
Ingrian: noori
Karelian: nuori
Livonian: nūoŗ
- ⇒ Livonian: nōra (“mermaid”)
  - → Latvian: nāra (“mermaid”)
Livvi: nuori
Ludian: nuorʹ
Veps: norʹ
Võro: nuur'
Votic: noori
→ Proto-Samic: *nuorë (see there for further descendants)

References

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

[1] Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “nuori”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025

[2] Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*noori”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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