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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirvas

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

From earlier *širwas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas (compare Old Prussian sirwis (“roe deer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥wós, from *ḱerh₂-; see there for more.

Noun

*hirvas

  1. bull elk, reindeer bull

Inflection
Inflection of *hirvas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hirvas *hirvahët
accusative *hirvahën *hirvahët
genitive *hirvahën *hirvastën
*hirvahidën
partitive *hirvasta *hirvahita
inessive *hirvahëssa
*hirvahëhna		 *hirvahissa
*hirvahihna
elative *hirvahësta *hirvahista
illative *hirvahësën *hirvahisën
adessive *hirvahëlla *hirvahilla
ablative *hirvahëlta *hirvahilta
allative *hirvahëlën
*hirvahëlëk		 *hirvahilën
*hirvahilëk
essive *hirvassa *hirvahina
translative *hirvahëksi *hirvahiksi
instructive *hirvahën *hirvahin
comitative *hirvassëk *hirvahinëk
abessive *hirvahëtta *hirvahitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: hirvas
    • → Serbo-Croatian: ȉrvās (“reindeer”)
  • Karelian: (Northern) hirvas
  • → Russian: гирвас (girvas)

References
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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