Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cora

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-Permic *ćora (“grain”), borrowed from early Proto-Balto-Slavic *śoros (whence Lithuanian šãras).

Noun

*cora

1. gravel

Inflection

Inflection of *cora

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*cora	*corat
accusative		*coran	*corat
genitive		*coran	*coradën *corëidën
partitive		*corada	*corëida
inessive		*corassa *corahna	*corëissa *corëihna
elative		*corasta	*corëista
illative		*corahën	*corëihën
adessive		*coralla	*corëilla
ablative		*coralta	*corëilta
allative		*coralën *coralëk	*corëilën *corëilëk
essive		*corana	*corëina
translative		*coraksi	*corëiksi
instructive		*coran	*corëin
comitative		*coranëk	*corëinëk
abessive		*coratta	*corëitta

Derived terms

• *corëda

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) sõra
• Finnish: sora
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: sora
• Võro: tsora, sora
• Votic: (Pummala) sõra

Further reading

• “sõre”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sora”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN