Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vircca

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.

Noun

*vircca

1. slurry (agriculture)

Inflection

Inflection of *vircca

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vircca	*virc'at
accusative		*virc'an	*virc'at
genitive		*virc'an	*virccadën *virccoidën
partitive		*virccada	*virccoida
inessive		*virc'assa *virc'ahna	*virc'oissa *virc'oihna
elative		*virc'asta	*virc'oista
illative		*virccahën	*virccoihën
adessive		*virc'alla	*virc'oilla
ablative		*virc'alta	*virc'oilta
allative		*virccalën *virccalëk	*virccoilën *virccoilëk
essive		*virccana	*virccoina
translative		*virc'aksi	*virc'oiksi
instructive		*virc'an	*virc'oin
comitative		*virccanëk	*virccoinëk
abessive		*virc'atta	*virc'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: virts
• Finnish: virtsa
  • → Inari Sami: virstȧ
• Ingrian: vertsa
• Livonian: vīrtša, (Salaca) vīrtsa
• Votic: (Mati, Jõgõperä, Eastern Votic) virttsõ
• → Latvian: virca

Further reading

• “virts”, 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), “virtsa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN