Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirppu
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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
Possibly derived from *kirbot'ak.
Noun
*kirppu[1]
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
References
Further reading
- “kirp”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012