Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/irta

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 Baltic (compare Lithuanian irti (“to fall apart, to separate”)).

Adjective

*irta

1. loose, separate, detached

Inflection

Inflection of *irta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*irta	*irdat
accusative		*irdan	*irdat
genitive		*irdan	*irtadën *irtoidën
partitive		*irtada	*irtoida
inessive		*irdassa *irdahna	*irdoissa *irdoihna
elative		*irdasta	*irdoista
illative		*irtahën	*irtoihën
adessive		*irdalla	*irdoilla
ablative		*irdalta	*irdoilta
allative		*irtalën *irtalëk	*irtoilën *irtoilëk
essive		*irtana	*irtoina
translative		*irdaksi	*irdoiksi
instructive		*irdan	*irdoin
comitative		*irtanëk	*irtoinëk
abessive		*irdatta	*irdoitta

Descendants

*irta/*irtä:

• ⇒ Finnish: irti
• ⇒ Ingrian: irti
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ⇒ irti
  • South Karelian: ⇒ ird́i
• Veps: ird (“outside, surface”, noun), ⇒ irdal, irdas

*irta:

• ⇒ Finnish: irto-, irtain
• ⇒ Ingrian: irtonain
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ⇒ iralleh, irallah
  • South Karelian: ⇒ iralleh, irallah
• ⇒ Livvi: iralleh, irallah

*irtä:

• Votic: irtää (Mati)

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “*irta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (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