Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kiuru

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

Probably onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively, possibly borrowed Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian cīrulis).

Noun

*kiuru

  1. lark (bird of family Alaudidae)
    Synonym: *lëivo

Inflection

Inflection of *kiuru
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kiuru *kiurut
accusative *kiurun *kiurut
genitive *kiurun *kiurudën
*kiuruidën
partitive *kiuruda *kiuruida
inessive *kiurussa
*kiuruhna 		*kiuruissa
*kiuruihna
elative *kiurusta *kiuruista
illative *kiuruhën *kiuruihën
adessive *kiurulla *kiuruilla
ablative *kiurulta *kiuruilta
allative *kiurulën
*kiurulëk 		*kiuruilën
*kiuruilëk
essive *kiuruna *kiuruina
translative *kiuruksi *kiuruiksi
instructive *kiurun *kiuruin
comitative *kiurunëk *kiuruinëk
abessive *kiurutta *kiuruitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kiur
  • Finnish: kiuru
  • Ingrian: kiuru
  • Karelian: kiuru
  • Livvi: kiuru
  • Ludian: kiur, kiuroi
  • Votic: (rare) tšiuru

Further reading

  • “kiur”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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