Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirci
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *širti, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *žьrdь, whence Russian жердь (žerdʹ).
Noun
*hirci[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *hirci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hirci | *hirdet | |
| accusative | *hirden | *hirdet | |
| genitive | *hirden | *hirteden *hirciden | |
| partitive | *hirtedä | *hircidä | |
| inessive | *hirdessä *hirdehnä |
*hircissä *hircihnä | |
| elative | *hirdestä | *hircistä | |
| illative | *hirtehen | *hircihen | |
| adessive | *hirdellä | *hircillä | |
| ablative | *hirdeltä | *hirciltä | |
| allative | *hirtelen *hirtelek |
*hircilen *hircilek | |
| essive | *hirtenä | *hircinä | |
| translative | *hirdeksi | *hirciksi | |
| instructive | *hirden | *hircin | |
| comitative | *hirtenek | *hircinek | |
| abessive | *hirdettä | *hircittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: hirs
- Finnish: hirsi
- → Lule Sami: hirssa
- → Northern Sami: hirsa
- → Inari Sami: hirsâ
- → Skolt Sami: hirss
- Ingrian: hersi
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: hirši
- South Karelian: hirži
- Võro: hirs'
- Votic: irsi
References
Further reading
- “hirs”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012