Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sirkëda

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?], whence Erzya сыргамс (sirgams).

Adjective

*sirkëda

1. straight

Inflection

Inflection of *sirkëda

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*sirkëda	*sirkëdat
accusative		*sirkëdan	*sirkëdat
genitive		*sirkëdan	*sirkëdadën *sirkëdëidën
partitive		*sirkëdata	*sirkëdëita
inessive		*sirkëdassa *sirkëdahna	*sirkëdëissa *sirkëdëihna
elative		*sirkëdasta	*sirkëdëista
illative		*sirkëdasën	*sirkëdëisën
adessive		*sirkëdalla	*sirkëdëilla
ablative		*sirkëdalta	*sirkëdëilta
allative		*sirkëdalën *sirkëdalëk	*sirkëdëilën *sirkëdëilëk
essive		*sirkëdana	*sirkëdëina
translative		*sirkëdaksi	*sirkëdëiksi
instructive		*sirkëdan	*sirkëdëin
comitative		*sirkëdanëk	*sirkëdëinëk
abessive		*sirkëdatta	*sirkëdëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: sirge
• Finnish: sirkeä (< *sirkedä)
• Ingrian: sirkiä
• Võro: sirgõ
• Votic: sirka

From *sirëda:

• Estonian: sire
• Livvi: čirei

Further reading

• “sirge”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sirkeä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[3] (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