Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirci

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

From earlier *kirti, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian apskirsti (“to freeze”)).

Noun

*kirci[1]

  1. ground frost (frozen top layer of soil caused by cold weather in winter)
    Synonym: *routa
  2. thin layer of ice

Inflection

Inflection of *kirci
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kirci *kirdet
accusative *kirden *kirdet
genitive *kirden *kirteden
*kirciden
partitive *kirtedä *kircidä
inessive *kirdessä
*kirdehnä 		*kircissä
*kircihnä
elative *kirdestä *kircistä
illative *kirtehen *kircihen
adessive *kirdellä *kircillä
ablative *kirdeltä *kirciltä
allative *kirtelen
*kirtelek 		*kircilen
*kircilek
essive *kirtenä *kircinä
translative *kirdeksi *kirciksi
instructive *kirden *kircin
comitative *kirtenek *kircinek
abessive *kirdettä *kircittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: kirs
  • Finnish: kirsi
  • Ingrian: kersi
  • Karelian: kirsi
  • Livonian: kirt
  • Livvi: kirzi
  • Ludian: kirz

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kirci”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “kirs”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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