Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirves
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian cirvis, Lithuanian kirvis).
Noun
*kirves[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kirves
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kirves | *kirvehet | |
| accusative | *kirvehen | *kirvehet | |
| genitive | *kirvehen | *kirvesten *kirvehiden | |
| partitive | *kirvestä | *kirvehitä | |
| inessive | *kirvehessä *kirvehehnä |
*kirvehissä *kirvehihnä | |
| elative | *kirvehestä | *kirvehistä | |
| illative | *kirvehesen | *kirvehisen | |
| adessive | *kirvehellä | *kirvehillä | |
| ablative | *kirveheltä | *kirvehiltä | |
| allative | *kirvehelen *kirvehelek |
*kirvehilen *kirvehilek | |
| essive | *kirvessä | *kirvehinä | |
| translative | *kirveheksi | *kirvehiksi | |
| instructive | *kirvehen | *kirvehin | |
| comitative | *kirvessek | *kirvehinek | |
| abessive | *kirvehettä | *kirvehittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kirves
- Finnish: kirves
- Ingrian: kerves, kirves
- Karelian:
- Livonian: kīraz
- Livvi: kirves
- Ludian: kirvez
- Veps: kirvez
- Võro: kirvõs
- Votic: tširvez
References
Further reading
- “kirves”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012