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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 (cʹirk).
Noun
*cirkka
- 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 | *cirkkaden *cirkkoiden | |
| partitive | *cirkkada | *cirkkoida | |
| inessive | *cirk'assa *cirk'ahna | *cirk'oissa *cirk'oihna | |
| elative | *cirk'asta | *cirk'oista | |
| illative | *cirkkahen | *cirkkoihen | |
| adessive | *cirk'alla | *cirk'oilla | |
| ablative | *cirk'alta | *cirk'oilta | |
| allative | *cirkkalen *cirkkalek | *cirkkoilen *cirkkoilek | |
| essive | *cirkkana | *cirkkoina | |
| translative | *cirk'aksi | *cirk'oiksi | |
| instructive | *cirk'an | *cirk'oin | |
| comitative | *cirkkanek | *cirkkoinek | |
| 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), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN