Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirstu
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Resembles Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), but the /r/ is unexplainable. The consonant cluster *-rst- very likely precludes a native origin.
Noun
[edit]*kirstu[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kirstu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kirstu | *kirstut | |
| accusative | *kirstun | *kirstut | |
| genitive | *kirstun | *kirstudën *kirstuidën | |
| partitive | *kirstuda | *kirstuida | |
| inessive | *kirstussa *kirstuhna |
*kirstuissa *kirstuihna | |
| elative | *kirstusta | *kirstuista | |
| illative | *kirstuhën | *kirstuihën | |
| adessive | *kirstulla | *kirstuilla | |
| ablative | *kirstulta | *kirstuilta | |
| allative | *kirstulën *kirstulëk |
*kirstuilën *kirstuilëk | |
| essive | *kirstuna | *kirstuina | |
| translative | *kirstuksi | *kirstuiksi | |
| instructive | *kirstun | *kirstuin | |
| comitative | *kirstunëk | *kirstuinëk | |
| abessive | *kirstutta | *kirstuitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: kirst
- Finnish: kirstu
- → Votic: kirstu
- Ingrian: kirsto
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: kirstu
- Livonian: kiršt
- → Latvian: šķirsts
- Võro: kirst
- → Old East Slavic: [script needed] (kersta), [script needed] (korsta), [script needed] (kŭrsta)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kirstu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN