Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sirkëda

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?] (whence Erzya сыргамс (sïrgams)).

Adjective

*sirkëda^[1]

straight

Inflection

Inflection of *sirkëda

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*sirkëda	*sirkëdat
accusative	*sirkëdan	*sirkëdat
genitive	*sirkëdan	sirkëdadën sirkëdëidën
partitive	*sirkëdata	*sirkëdëita
inessive	sirkëdassa sirkëdahna	sirkëdëissa sirkëdëihna
elative	*sirkëdasta	*sirkëdëista
illative	*sirkëdasën	*sirkëdëisën
adessive	*sirkëdalla	*sirkëdëilla
ablative	*sirkëdalta	*sirkëdëilta
allative	sirkëdalën sirkëdalëk	sirkëdëilën sirkëdëilëk
essive	*sirkëdana	*sirkëdëina
translative	*sirkëdaksi	*sirkëdëiksi
instructive	*sirkëdan	*sirkëdëin
comitative	*sirkëdanëk	*sirkëdëinëk
abessive	*sirkëdatta	*sirkëdëitta

Descendants

Estonian: sirge
Finnish: sirkeä (< *sirkedä)
Ingrian: sirkiä
Võro: sirgõ
Votic: sirka

From *sirëda:

Estonian: sire
Livvi: čirei

References

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

“sirge”, 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), “sirkeä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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

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

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