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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirvi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *širwe, from a Balto-Slavic source similar to that of *hirvas. Proto-Samic *sërvë has the same origin.
Noun
*hirvi
- elk, moose (Alces alces)
Inflection
Inflection of *hirvi
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 | *hirvi | *hirvet | |
accusative | *hirven | *hirvet | |
genitive | *hirven | *hirveden *hirviden | |
partitive | *hirvedä | *hirvidä | |
inessive | *hirvessä *hirvehnä | *hirvissä *hirvihnä | |
elative | *hirvestä | *hirvistä | |
illative | *hirvehen | *hirvihen | |
adessive | *hirvellä | *hirvillä | |
ablative | *hirveltä | *hirviltä | |
allative | *hirvelen *hirvelek | *hirvilen *hirvilek | |
essive | *hirvenä | *hirvinä | |
translative | *hirveksi | *hirviksi | |
instructive | *hirven | *hirvin | |
comitative | *hirvenek | *hirvinek | |
abessive | *hirvettä | *hirvittä |
Descendants
- Estonian: hirv
- Finnish: hirvi
- Ingrian: hirvi, hervi
- Karelian: hirvi
- Livonian: īra
- Livvi: hirvi
- Ludian: hirv
- Veps: hirvoi
- Votic: irvi
References
- hirv in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- 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