Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirki
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian dzirkstele, dzirksts). [1]
Noun
edit*kirki
Inflection
editInflection of *kirki
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kirki | *kirget | |
accusative | *kirgen | *kirget | |
genitive | *kirgen | *kirkeden *kirkiden | |
partitive | *kirkedä | *kirkidä | |
inessive | *kirgessä *kirgehnä |
*kirgissä *kirgihnä | |
elative | *kirgestä | *kirgistä | |
illative | *kirkehen | *kirkihen | |
adessive | *kirgellä | *kirgillä | |
ablative | *kirgeltä | *kirgiltä | |
allative | *kirkelen *kirkelek |
*kirkilen *kirkilek | |
essive | *kirkenä | *kirkinä | |
translative | *kirgeksi | *kirgiksi | |
instructive | *kirgen | *kirgin | |
comitative | *kirkenek | *kirkinek | |
abessive | *kirgettä | *kirgittä |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: kirg
- Finnish: kirki (dialectal)
- Karelian: kirki, kirgi
- Livonian: kireg, kirüg (Salaca)
- Livvi: kirre-
- Võro: kirg'
Further reading
edit- “kirg”, 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), “kirki”, in 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