Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tiira

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

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*tiira

1. (common) tern (Sternidae)

Inflection

Inflection of *tiira

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tiira	*tiirat
accusative		*tiiran	*tiirat
genitive		*tiiran	*tiiradën *tiiroidën
partitive		*tiirada	*tiiroida
inessive		*tiirassa *tiirahna	*tiiroissa *tiiroihna
elative		*tiirasta	*tiiroista
illative		*tiirahën	*tiiroihën
adessive		*tiiralla	*tiiroilla
ablative		*tiiralta	*tiiroilta
allative		*tiiralën *tiiralëk	*tiiroilën *tiiroilëk
essive		*tiirana	*tiiroina
translative		*tiiraksi	*tiiroiksi
instructive		*tiiran	*tiiroin
comitative		*tiiranëk	*tiiroinëk
abessive		*tiiratta	*tiiroitta

Descendants

• Finnish: tiira
• Karelian: ⇒
  • North Karelian: čiirakka
  • South Karelian: čiirakko
• Livvi: ⇒ čiirakko
• Veps: ⇒ tiriine

From *tiiroi:

• Estonian: tiir
• Finnish: (dialectal) tiiro
• Ingrian: tiiroi
• Votic: tiiro

Further reading

• “tiir”, 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), “tiira”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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