< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirki
 | 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
Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian dzirkstele, dzirksts). [1]
Noun
*kirki
- spark
- lust, desire
Inflection
Inflection of *kirki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kirki | *kirget | |
| accusative | *kirgen | *kirget | |
| genitive | *kirgen | *kirkeden *kirkiden | |
| partitive | *kirkedä | *kirkidä | |
| inessive | *kirgessä *kirgehnä | *kirgissä *kirgihnä | |
| elative | *kirgestä | *kirgistä | |
| illative | *kirkehen | *kirkihen | |
| adessive | *kirgellä | *kirgillä | |
| ablative | *kirgeltä | *kirgiltä | |
| allative | *kirkelen *kirkelek | *kirkilen *kirkilek | |
| essive | *kirkenä | *kirkinä | |
| translative | *kirgeksi | *kirgiksi | |
| instructive | *kirgen | *kirgin | |
| comitative | *kirkenek | *kirkinek | |
| abessive | *kirgettä | *kirgittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kirg
- Finnish: kirki (dialectal)
- Karelian: kirki, kirgi
- Livonian: kireg, kirüg (Salaca)
- Livvi: kirre-
- Võro: kirg'
Further reading
- kirg in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kirki”, 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
References
- Junttila, Santeri: Lähtökielen sanansisäisten soinnittomien klusiilien edustus kantasuomen balttilaislainoissa:Osa II. Edustus kohdekielen pitkän tavuaineksen jäljessä SUSA 97 (2019)