Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/virna

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

*virna[1]

  1. creeping plant

Inflection

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

  • Estonian: virn
  • Finnish: virna
  • Karelian: virna- (in compound: virnaheinä)
  • ⇒ Livonian: vīrnõg
  • Livvi: virna- (in compound: virnaheiny)
  • Võro: virn

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*virna”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “virn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.