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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nirkki
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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
Unknown. Cognate to Skolt Sami nirpp and Northern Sami nirpi.
Inflection
Inflection of *nirkki
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nirkki | *nirk'it | |
| accusative | *nirk'in | *nirk'it | |
| genitive | *nirk'in | *nirkkiden *nirkkejiden | |
| partitive | *nirkkidä | *nirkkejitä | |
| inessive | *nirk'issä | *nirkkejissä | |
| elative | *nirk'istä | *nirkkejistä | |
| illative | *nirkkihen | *nirkkejisen | |
| adessive | *nirk'illä | *nirkkejillä | |
| ablative | *nirk'iltä | *nirkkejiltä | |
| allative | *nirkkilen | *nirkkejilen | |
| essive | *nirkkinä | *nirkkejinä | |
| translative | *nirk'iksi | *nirkkejiksi | |
| instructive | *nirk'in | *nirkkejin | |
| comitative | *nirkkinek | *nirkkejinek | |
| abessive | *nirk'iktä | *nirkkejiktä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: nirk
- →? Livonian: niŗț
- Finnish: (dialectal) nirkki, nirkko
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: -nirkku (in compound: luminirkku)
- Võro: nirk'
Further reading
- nirk in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “nirkko”, 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
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