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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirvas

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 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

  1. 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
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

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
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