Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/piiri
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/piiri. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/piiri, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/piiri in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/piiri you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/piiri will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Finnic/piiri, 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 Proto-Uralic *pire, see there for further etymology.
Noun
*piiri[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *piiri
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *piiri | *piirit | |
| accusative | *piirin | *piirit | |
| genitive | *piirin | *piiriden *piirejiden | |
| partitive | *piiridä | *piirejitä | |
| inessive | *piirissä *piirihnä |
*piirejissä *piirejihnä | |
| elative | *piiristä | *piirejistä | |
| illative | *piirihen | *piirejisen | |
| adessive | *piirillä | *piirejillä | |
| ablative | *piiriltä | *piirejiltä | |
| allative | *piirilen *piirilek |
*piirejilen *piirejilek | |
| essive | *piirinä | *piirejinä | |
| translative | *piiriksi | *piirejiksi | |
| instructive | *piirin | *piirejin | |
| comitative | *piirinek | *piirejinek | |
| abessive | *piirittä | *piirejittä | |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “piir”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #773 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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