Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vircca
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
References
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][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