Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tiira

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

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*tiira

  1. (common) tern (Sternidae)

Inflection

Inflection of *tiira
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tiira *tiirat
accusative *tiiran *tiirat
genitive *tiiran *tiiradën
*tiiroidën
partitive *tiirada *tiiroida
inessive *tiirassa
*tiirahna 		*tiiroissa
*tiiroihna
elative *tiirasta *tiiroista
illative *tiirahën *tiiroihën
adessive *tiiralla *tiiroilla
ablative *tiiralta *tiiroilta
allative *tiiralën
*tiiralëk 		*tiiroilën
*tiiroilëk
essive *tiirana *tiiroina
translative *tiiraksi *tiiroiksi
instructive *tiiran *tiiroin
comitative *tiiranëk *tiiroinëk
abessive *tiiratta *tiiroitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: tiira
  • Karelian: ⇒
    • North Karelian: čiirakka
    • South Karelian: čiirakko
  • Livvi: ⇒ čiirakko
  • Veps: ⇒ tiriine

From *tiiroi:

  • Estonian: tiir
  • Finnish: (dialectal) tiiro
  • Ingrian: tiiroi
  • Votic: tiiro

Further reading

  • “tiir”, 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), “tiira”, 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
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