Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/virkka
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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 *virkedä and *virgot'ak. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
[edit]*virkka
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *virkka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *virkka | *virk'at | |
| accusative | *virk'an | *virk'at | |
| genitive | *virk'an | *virkkadën *virkkoidën | |
| partitive | *virkkada | *virkkoida | |
| inessive | *virk'assa *virk'ahna |
*virk'oissa *virk'oihna | |
| elative | *virk'asta | *virk'oista | |
| illative | *virkkahën | *virkkoihën | |
| adessive | *virk'alla | *virk'oilla | |
| ablative | *virk'alta | *virk'oilta | |
| allative | *virkkalën *virkkalëk |
*virkkoilën *virkkoilëk | |
| essive | *virkkana | *virkkoina | |
| translative | *virk'aksi | *virk'oiksi | |
| instructive | *virk'an | *virk'oin | |
| comitative | *virkkanëk | *virkkoinëk | |
| abessive | *virk'atta | *virk'oitta | |
Descendants
[edit]From *virkku (+ *-u):
Further reading
[edit]- “virk”, 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), “virkku”, 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