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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kiirek

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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

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian šķire) +‎ *-ek.

Noun

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*kiirek[1]

  1. crown, vertex (top of the head)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kiird, (dialectal) kiire
  • Finnish: (archaic) kiire
  • Ingrian: keero (in compound: otsakeero)
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: ki’r
  • Livvi: kiiru (in compound: oččukiiru)
  • Votic: kiiro (in compound: õttsakiiro)

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kiirek”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • kiird”, in [ETY] 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), “kiire”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[2] (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