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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cirkka

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

Onomatopoeic origin. Compare similar *cirkku and Komi-Zyrian чирк (ćirk).

Noun

*cirkka

  1. grasshopper (insect of the family Orthoptera)

Inflection
Inflection of *cirkka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *cirkka *cirk'at
accusative *cirk'an *cirk'at
genitive *cirk'an *cirkkadën
*cirkkoidën
partitive *cirkkada *cirkkoida
inessive *cirk'assa
*cirk'ahna		 *cirk'oissa
*cirk'oihna
elative *cirk'asta *cirk'oista
illative *cirkkahën *cirkkoihën
adessive *cirk'alla *cirk'oilla
ablative *cirk'alta *cirk'oilta
allative *cirkkalën
*cirkkalëk		 *cirkkoilën
*cirkkoilëk
essive *cirkkana *cirkkoina
translative *cirk'aksi *cirk'oiksi
instructive *cirk'an *cirk'oin
comitative *cirkkanëk *cirkkoinëk
abessive *cirk'atta *cirk'oitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) sirk
  • Finnish: sirkka
  • Ingrian: serkka
  • Karelian: čirkka
    • →? Ingrian: cirkka
    • →? Votic: tširkkõ
  • Livvi: čirku
  • Ludian: čirk
  • Veps: čirk
  • Votic: (Kattila) širkkõ

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sirkka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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