Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/virkka

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 the same root as *virkedä and *virgot'ak. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

*virkka

  1. brisk, lively, hardworking

Inflection

Inflection of *virkka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *virkka *virk'at
accusative *virk'an *virk'at
genitive *virk'an *virkkadën
*virkkoidën
partitive *virkkada *virkkoida
inessive *virk'assa
*virk'ahna 		*virk'oissa
*virk'oihna
elative *virk'asta *virk'oista
illative *virkkahën *virkkoihën
adessive *virk'alla *virk'oilla
ablative *virk'alta *virk'oilta
allative *virkkalën
*virkkalëk 		*virkkoilën
*virkkoilëk
essive *virkkana *virkkoina
translative *virk'aksi *virk'oiksi
instructive *virk'an *virk'oin
comitative *virkkanëk *virkkoinëk
abessive *virk'atta *virk'oitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: virk
  • Finnish: (rare) virkka
  • Võro: virk

From *virkku (+ *-u):

Further reading

  • “virk”, 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), “virkku”, in 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
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