Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/veri

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-Finno-Ugric *were.[1]

Noun

*veri[2]

  1. blood

Inflection

Inflection of *veri
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *veri *veret
accusative *veren *veret
genitive *veren *verden
*veriden
partitive *vertä *veridä
inessive *veressä
*verehnä 		*verissä
*verihnä
elative *verestä *veristä
illative *verehen *verihen
adessive *verellä *verillä
ablative *vereltä *veriltä
allative *verelen
*verelek 		*verilen
*verilek
essive *verrä *verinä
translative *vereksi *veriksi
instructive *veren *verin
comitative *verrek *verinek
abessive *verettä *verittä

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: veri
  • Finnish: veri
  • Ingrian: veri
  • Karelian: veri
  • Livonian: (Courland) ve’r, vie’r, (Salaca) ver
  • Livvi: veri
  • Ludian: veri
  • Veps: veri
  • Võro: veri
  • Votic: veri

References

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