Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viiru
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same root as *viildäk. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
[edit]*viiru[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *viiru
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *viiru | *viirut | |
| accusative | *viirun | *viirut | |
| genitive | *viirun | *viirudën *viiruidën | |
| partitive | *viiruda | *viiruida | |
| inessive | *viirussa *viiruhna |
*viiruissa *viiruihna | |
| elative | *viirusta | *viiruista | |
| illative | *viiruhën | *viiruihën | |
| adessive | *viirulla | *viiruilla | |
| ablative | *viirulta | *viiruilta | |
| allative | *viirulën *viirulëk |
*viiruilën *viiruilëk | |
| essive | *viiruna | *viiruina | |
| translative | *viiruksi | *viiruiksi | |
| instructive | *viirun | *viiruin | |
| comitative | *viirunëk | *viiruinëk | |
| abessive | *viirutta | *viiruitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: viir
- Finnish: viiru
- Ingrian: viiru, veeru
- ⇒ Karelian:
- South Karelian: viirukka
- ⇒ Livonian: vīrg
- Votic: viiru
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “viir”, 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), “viiru”, 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