Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirki
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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
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian dzirkstele, dzirksts). [1]
Noun
*kirki[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *kirki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kirki | *kirget | |
| accusative | *kirgen | *kirget | |
| genitive | *kirgen | *kirkeden *kirkiden | |
| partitive | *kirkedä | *kirkidä | |
| inessive | *kirgessä *kirgehnä |
*kirgissä *kirgihnä | |
| elative | *kirgestä | *kirgistä | |
| illative | *kirkehen | *kirkihen | |
| adessive | *kirgellä | *kirgillä | |
| ablative | *kirgeltä | *kirgiltä | |
| allative | *kirkelen *kirkelek |
*kirkilen *kirkilek | |
| essive | *kirkenä | *kirkinä | |
| translative | *kirgeksi | *kirgiksi | |
| instructive | *kirgen | *kirgin | |
| comitative | *kirkenek | *kirkinek | |
| abessive | *kirgettä | *kirgittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kirg
- Finnish: kirki (dialectal)
- Karelian: kirki, kirgi
- Livonian: kireg, kirüg (Salaca)
- Livvi: kirre-
- Võro: kirg'
Further reading
- “kirg”, in 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), “kirki”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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