Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirvas

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 earlier *širwas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas (compare Old Prussian sirwis (“roe deer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥wós, from *ḱerh₂-; see there for more.

Noun

*hirvas

1. bull elk, reindeer bull

Inflection

Inflection of *hirvas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hirvas	*hirvahët
accusative		*hirvahën	*hirvahët
genitive		*hirvahën	*hirvastën *hirvahidën
partitive		*hirvasta	*hirvahita
inessive		*hirvahëssa *hirvahëhna	*hirvahissa *hirvahihna
elative		*hirvahësta	*hirvahista
illative		*hirvahësën	*hirvahisën
adessive		*hirvahëlla	*hirvahilla
ablative		*hirvahëlta	*hirvahilta
allative		*hirvahëlën *hirvahëlëk	*hirvahilën *hirvahilëk
essive		*hirvassa	*hirvahina
translative		*hirvahëksi	*hirvahiksi
instructive		*hirvahën	*hirvahin
comitative		*hirvassëk	*hirvahinëk
abessive		*hirvahëtta	*hirvahitta

Related terms

• *hirvi

Descendants

• Finnish: hirvas
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ȉrvās (“reindeer”)
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: hirvaš
• Livonian: (Salaca) ira
• → Russian: гирвас (girvas)
• →? Proto-Samic: *sërvēs (see there for further descendants)

References

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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