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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viiru

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 the same root as *viildäk.

Noun

*viiru

  1. stripe, streak, line

Inflection
Inflection of *viiru
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *viiru *viirut
accusative *viirun *viirut
genitive *viirun *viirudën
*viiruidën
partitive *viiruda *viiruida
inessive *viirussa
*viiruhna		 *viiruissa
*viiruihna
elative *viirusta *viiruista
illative *viiruhën *viiruihën
adessive *viirulla *viiruilla
ablative *viirulta *viiruilta
allative *viirulën
*viirulëk		 *viiruilën
*viiruilëk
essive *viiruna *viiruina
translative *viiruksi *viiruiksi
instructive *viirun *viiruin
comitative *viirunëk *viiruinëk
abessive *viirutta *viiruitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: viir
  • Finnish: viiru
  • Ingrian: viiru, veeru
  • ⇒ Karelian:
    • South Karelian: viirukka
  • ⇒ Livonian: vīrg
  • Votic: viiru

Further reading
  • “viir”, 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), “viiru”, in 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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