Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirvi

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 *širwe, from a Balto-Slavic source similar to that of *hirvas. Proto-Samic *sërvë has the same origin.

Noun

*hirvi

1. elk, moose (Alces alces)

Inflection

Inflection of *hirvi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hirvi	*hirvet
accusative		*hirven	*hirvet
genitive		*hirven	*hirveden *hirviden
partitive		*hirvedä	*hirvidä
inessive		*hirvessä *hirvehnä	*hirvissä *hirvihnä
elative		*hirvestä	*hirvistä
illative		*hirvehen	*hirvihen
adessive		*hirvellä	*hirvillä
ablative		*hirveltä	*hirviltä
allative		*hirvelen *hirvelek	*hirvilen *hirvilek
essive		*hirvenä	*hirvinä
translative		*hirveksi	*hirviksi
instructive		*hirven	*hirvin
comitative		*hirvenek	*hirvinek
abessive		*hirvettä	*hirvittä

Descendants

• Estonian: hirv
• Finnish: hirvi
• Ingrian: hirvi, hervi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: hirvi
  • South Karelian: hirvi
• Livonian: īra
• Livvi: hirvi
• Ludian: hirv
• Veps: hirvoi
• Votic: irvi

References

• “hirv”, 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), 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