Viro
Finnish
editEtymology
editRelated to Estonian Viru, Virumaa, the term for Vironia, a historical region in modern northeastern Estonia (reflected in the present-day names of Lääne-Virumaa and Ida-Virumaa (West and East Viru Counties)). The ultimate origin is disputed, with both Baltic (Proto-Balto-Slavic *wī́ˀras (“man”)) and Germanic (Proto-Germanic *weraz) origins proposed (both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”)). Alternatively possibly from an old anthroponym, possibly deriving from virkeä, virota.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editViro
Declension
editInflection of Viro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Viro | Virot | |
genitive | Viron | Virojen | |
partitive | Viroa | Viroja | |
illative | Viroon | Viroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Viro | Virot | |
accusative | nom. | Viro | Virot |
gen. | Viron | ||
genitive | Viron | Virojen | |
partitive | Viroa | Viroja | |
inessive | Virossa | Viroissa | |
elative | Virosta | Viroista | |
illative | Viroon | Viroihin | |
adessive | Virolla | Viroilla | |
ablative | Virolta | Viroilta | |
allative | Virolle | Viroille | |
essive | Virona | Viroina | |
translative | Viroksi | Viroiksi | |
abessive | Virotta | Viroitta | |
instructive | — | Viroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- The surname Viro belongs to 125 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
See also
edit- (countries of Europe) Euroopan maat; Alankomaat, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaidžan, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Bulgaria, Espanja, Georgia, Irlanti, Islanti, Iso-Britannia, Italia, Itävalta, Kazakstan, Kreikka, Kroatia, Kypros, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Liettua, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norja, Pohjois-Makedonia, Portugali, Puola, Ranska, Romania, Ruotsi, Saksa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suomi, Sveitsi, Tanska, Tšekki, Turkki, Ukraina, Unkari, Valko-Venäjä, Vatikaani, Venäjä, Viro (Category: fi:Countries in Europe)
References
edit- ^ Janne Saarikivi (2024) “Vieläkin sananen itämerensuomalaisten etnonyymien tutkimuksesta”, in Sofia Björklöf, editor, Itämeren kieliapajilta Volgan verkoille: Pühendusteos Riho Grünthalile 22. mail 2024 (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 278), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, pages 594–610
Anagrams
editLatin
editProper noun
editVirō