Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/virta
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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]Borrowing from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ (compare Polish wart) or *vьrta (compare Polish Warta). An earlier borrowing from Balto-Slavic is also possible. Origin from Baltic (cf. Lithuanian vìrti) is less likely due to second syllable -a.
Noun
[edit]*virta
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *virta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *virta | *virdat | |
| accusative | *virdan | *virdat | |
| genitive | *virdan | *virtadën *virtoidën | |
| partitive | *virtada | *virtoida | |
| inessive | *virdassa *virdahna |
*virdoissa *virdoihna | |
| elative | *virdasta | *virdoista | |
| illative | *virtahën | *virtoihën | |
| adessive | *virdalla | *virdoilla | |
| ablative | *virdalta | *virdoilta | |
| allative | *virtalën *virtalëk |
*virtoilën *virtoilëk | |
| essive | *virtana | *virtoina | |
| translative | *virdaksi | *virdoiksi | |
| instructive | *virdan | *virdoin | |
| comitative | *virtanëk | *virtoinëk | |
| abessive | *virdatta | *virdoitta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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