Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/virek

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 sound-symbolic root +‎ *-ëk.

Noun

*virek

1. light breeze
2. ripple

Inflection

Inflection of *virek

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*virek	*vireget
accusative		*viregen	*vireget
genitive		*viregen	*virekten *viregiden
partitive		*virektä	*viregitä
inessive		*viregessä *viregehnä	*viregissä *viregihnä
elative		*viregestä	*viregistä
illative		*viregesen	*viregisen
adessive		*viregellä	*viregillä
ablative		*viregeltä	*viregiltä
allative		*viregelen *viregelek	*viregilen *viregilek
essive		*viregenä	*vireginä
translative		*viregeksi	*viregiksi
instructive		*viregen	*viregin
comitative		*viregenek	*vireginek
abessive		*viregettä	*viregittä

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) vire
• Finnish: vire
• Ingrian: vire (< *vireh)
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: vire
• Livonian: vi’r
• Votic: vire

Further reading

• “vire”, 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), “viri”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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