Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/piira
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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
editEtymology
editCognate with Proto-Samic *pirēm, further origin uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Uralic *pijra.
Noun
edit*piira
- (Northern Finnic) gizzard (of bird)
Inflection
editInflection of *piira
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *piira | *piirat | |
| accusative | *piiran | *piirat | |
| genitive | *piiran | *piiradën *piiroidën | |
| partitive | *piirada | *piiroida | |
| inessive | *piirassa *piirahna |
*piiroissa *piiroihna | |
| elative | *piirasta | *piiroista | |
| illative | *piirahën | *piiroihën | |
| adessive | *piiralla | *piiroilla | |
| ablative | *piiralta | *piiroilta | |
| allative | *piiralën *piiralëk |
*piiroilën *piiroilëk | |
| essive | *piirana | *piiroina | |
| translative | *piiraksi | *piiroiksi | |
| instructive | *piiran | *piiroin | |
| comitative | *piiranëk | *piiroinëk | |
| abessive | *piiratta | *piiroitta | |
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “piira”, 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
- Entry #762 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.