Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirppu

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

Possibly derived from *kirbot'ak.

Noun

*kirppu

1. flea

Inflection

Inflection of *kirppu

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kirppu	*kirp'ut
accusative		*kirp'un	*kirp'ut
genitive		*kirp'un	*kirppudën *kirppuidën
partitive		*kirppuda	*kirppuida
inessive		*kirp'ussa *kirp'uhna	*kirp'uissa *kirp'uihna
elative		*kirp'usta	*kirp'uista
illative		*kirppuhën	*kirppuihën
adessive		*kirp'ulla	*kirp'uilla
ablative		*kirp'ulta	*kirp'uilta
allative		*kirppulën *kirppulëk	*kirppuilën *kirppuilëk
essive		*kirppuna	*kirppuina
translative		*kirp'uksi	*kirp'uiksi
instructive		*kirp'un	*kirp'uin
comitative		*kirppunëk	*kirppuinëk
abessive		*kirp'utta	*kirp'uitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kirp
• Finnish: kirppu
• Ingrian: kerppu, kirppu
• Karelian: kirppu
• Livvi: kirpu
• Ludian: kirp
• Veps: kirp
• Võro: kirp
• Votic: tširppu

Further reading

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