Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/virna
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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. Compare Latvian virza.
Noun
[edit]*virna[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *virna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *virna | *virnat | |
| accusative | *virnan | *virnat | |
| genitive | *virnan | *virnadën *virnoidën | |
| partitive | *virnada | *virnoida | |
| inessive | *virnassa *virnahna |
*virnoissa *virnoihna | |
| elative | *virnasta | *virnoista | |
| illative | *virnahën | *virnoihën | |
| adessive | *virnalla | *virnoilla | |
| ablative | *virnalta | *virnoilta | |
| allative | *virnalën *virnalëk |
*virnoilën *virnoilëk | |
| essive | *virnana | *virnoina | |
| translative | *virnaksi | *virnoiksi | |
| instructive | *virnan | *virnoin | |
| comitative | *virnanëk | *virnoinëk | |
| abessive | *virnatta | *virnoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: virn
- Finnish: virna
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: virna- (in compound: virnaheinä)
- ⇒ Livonian: vīrnõg
- Livvi: virna- (in compound: virnaheiny)
- Võro: virn
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “virn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “virna”, 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