Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kiuru
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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]
Probably onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively, possibly borrowed Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian cīrulis).
Noun[edit]
*kiuru
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *kiuru
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kiuru | *kiurut | |
| accusative | *kiurun | *kiurut | |
| genitive | *kiurun | *kiurudën *kiuruidën | |
| partitive | *kiuruda | *kiuruida | |
| inessive | *kiurussa *kiuruhna |
*kiuruissa *kiuruihna | |
| elative | *kiurusta | *kiuruista | |
| illative | *kiuruhën | *kiuruihën | |
| adessive | *kiurulla | *kiuruilla | |
| ablative | *kiurulta | *kiuruilta | |
| allative | *kiurulën *kiurulëk |
*kiuruilën *kiuruilëk | |
| essive | *kiuruna | *kiuruina | |
| translative | *kiuruksi | *kiuruiksi | |
| instructive | *kiurun | *kiuruin | |
| comitative | *kiurunëk | *kiuruinëk | |
| abessive | *kiurutta | *kiuruitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: (dialectal) kiur
- Finnish: kiuru
- Ingrian: kiuru
- Karelian: kiuru
- Livvi: kiuru
- Ludian: kiur, kiuroi
- Votic: (rare) tšiuru
Further reading[edit]
- “kiur”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012