Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cirkku

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

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*cirkku

1. small bird (e.g. bunting, sparrow)

Inflection

Inflection of *cirkku

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*cirkku	*cirk'ut
accusative		*cirk'un	*cirk'ut
genitive		*cirk'un	*cirkkudën *cirkkuidën
partitive		*cirkkuda	*cirkkuida
inessive		*cirk'ussa *cirk'uhna	*cirk'uissa *cirk'uihna
elative		*cirk'usta	*cirk'uista
illative		*cirkkuhën	*cirkkuihën
adessive		*cirk'ulla	*cirk'uilla
ablative		*cirk'ulta	*cirk'uilta
allative		*cirkkulën *cirkkulëk	*cirkkuilën *cirkkuilëk
essive		*cirkkuna	*cirkkuina
translative		*cirk'uksi	*cirk'uiksi
instructive		*cirk'un	*cirk'uin
comitative		*cirkkunëk	*cirkkuinëk
abessive		*cirk'utta	*cirk'uitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) sirk
• Finnish: sirkku
• ⇒ Ingrian: cirkkulain
• Karelian: čirkku
• Ludian: čirk
• Veps: čirk
• Võro: tsirk
• Votic: sirkku

Further reading

• “sirk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012