Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kiro
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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]From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kira-(w-). Cognate with Proto-Samic *kërō (whence Northern Sami garru).
Noun
[edit]*kiro[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kiro
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kiro | *kirot | |
| accusative | *kiron | *kirot | |
| genitive | *kiron | *kirodën *kiroidën | |
| partitive | *kiroda | *kiroida | |
| inessive | *kirossa *kirohna |
*kiroissa *kiroihna | |
| elative | *kirosta | *kiroista | |
| illative | *kirohën | *kiroihën | |
| adessive | *kirolla | *kiroilla | |
| ablative | *kirolta | *kiroilta | |
| allative | *kirolën *kirolëk |
*kiroilën *kiroilëk | |
| essive | *kirona | *kiroina | |
| translative | *kiroksi | *kiroiksi | |
| instructive | *kiron | *kiroin | |
| comitative | *kironëk | *kiroinëk | |
| abessive | *kirotta | *kiroitta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kiro”, 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