Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirci
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirci. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirci, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirci in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirci you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirci will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirci, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 |
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 earlier *kirti, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic (compare Lithuanian apskirsti (“to freeze”)).
Noun
*kirci[1]
- ground frost (frozen top layer of soil caused by cold weather in winter)
- Synonym: *routa
- thin layer of ice
Inflection
Inflection of *kirci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kirci | *kirdet | |
| accusative | *kirden | *kirdet | |
| genitive | *kirden | *kirteden *kirciden | |
| partitive | *kirtedä | *kircidä | |
| inessive | *kirdessä *kirdehnä |
*kircissä *kircihnä | |
| elative | *kirdestä | *kircistä | |
| illative | *kirtehen | *kircihen | |
| adessive | *kirdellä | *kircillä | |
| ablative | *kirdeltä | *kirciltä | |
| allative | *kirtelen *kirtelek |
*kircilen *kircilek | |
| essive | *kirtenä | *kircinä | |
| translative | *kirdeksi | *kirciksi | |
| instructive | *kirden | *kircin | |
| comitative | *kirtenek | *kircinek | |
| abessive | *kirdettä | *kircittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kirs
- Finnish: kirsi
- → Northern Sami: girse
- Ingrian: kersi
- →? Votic: kirsi
- Karelian: kirsi
- Livonian: kirt
- Livvi: kirzi
- Ludian: kirz
References
Further reading
- “kirs”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012