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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirvas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *širwas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas (compare Old Prussian sirwis (“roe deer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥wós, from *ḱerh₂-; see there for more.
Noun
*hirvas
- bull elk, reindeer bull
Inflection
Inflection of *hirvas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *hirvas | *hirvahet | |
accusative | *hirvahen | *hirvahet | |
genitive | *hirvahen | *hirvasten *hirvahiden | |
partitive | *hirvasta | *hirvahita | |
inessive | *hirvahessa *hirvahehna | *hirvahissa *hirvahihna | |
elative | *hirvahesta | *hirvahista | |
illative | *hirvahesen | *hirvahisen | |
adessive | *hirvahella | *hirvahilla | |
ablative | *hirvahelta | *hirvahilta | |
allative | *hirvahelen *hirvahelek | *hirvahilen *hirvahilek | |
essive | *hirvassa | *hirvahina | |
translative | *hirvaheksi | *hirvahiksi | |
instructive | *hirvahen | *hirvahin | |
comitative | *hirvassek | *hirvahinek | |
abessive | *hirvahetta | *hirvahitta |
Related terms
- *hirvi
Descendants
- Finnish: hirvas
- Karelian: (Northern) hirvas
- → Russian: гирвас (girvas)
References
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) 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