Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirkudak

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 edit

Etymology edit

Probably onomatopoeic (compare *kurki (crane)). Alternatively, possibly borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną.

Verb edit

*kirkudak (stem *kirku-)

  1. to shout, to scream

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • kiirguma”, 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), “kirkua”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN