Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/irta
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Baltic (compare Lithuanian irti (“to fall apart, to separate”)).
Adjective
*irta
Inflection
Inflection of *irta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *irta | *irdat | |
| accusative | *irdan | *irdat | |
| genitive | *irdan | *irtadën *irtoidën | |
| partitive | *irtada | *irtoida | |
| inessive | *irdassa *irdahna |
*irdoissa *irdoihna | |
| elative | *irdasta | *irdoista | |
| illative | *irtahën | *irtoihën | |
| adessive | *irdalla | *irdoilla | |
| ablative | *irdalta | *irdoilta | |
| allative | *irtalën *irtalëk |
*irtoilën *irtoilëk | |
| essive | *irtana | *irtoina | |
| translative | *irdaksi | *irdoiksi | |
| instructive | *irdan | *irdoin | |
| comitative | *irtanëk | *irtoinëk | |
| abessive | *irdatta | *irdoitta | |
Descendants
*irta/*irtä:
- ⇒ Finnish: irti
- ⇒ Ingrian: irti
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: ⇒ irti
- South Karelian: ⇒ ird́i
- Veps: ird (“outside, surface”, noun), ⇒ irdal, irdas
*irta:
- ⇒ Finnish: irto-, irtain
- ⇒ Ingrian: irtonain
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: ⇒ iralleh, irallah
- South Karelian: ⇒ iralleh, irallah
- ⇒ Livvi: iralleh, irallah
*irtä:
- Votic: irtää (Mati)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “*irta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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