poro.
reindeer (domesticated or semi-domesticated mountain reindeer, Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
Meaning & usage
reindeer (domesticated or semi-domesticated mountain reindeer, Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
Where this word comes from
In some way from Proto-Finno-Permic *počaw, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páću, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock, especially sheep or cattle”). The regular inherited form would have been in **poto < Proto-Finnic **poto. Koivulehto (2007) suggests that r in place of expected t has developed by generalization from an old Northwestern dialect form *podoi, and the word was later loaned back to the more southern and eastern dialects. Kuokkala (2018) instead posits that the Finnic words could be borrowed from Samic, where the -r- would substitute for the affricate in the Sami etymon.
grounds (e.g. coffee grounds)
ashes
Piipunporot aiheuttivat metsäpalon.
palaa poroksi
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *poro (compare Ingrian poro, Karelian poro, Ludian poro, Veps poro, Votic poro).
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