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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/virkedä

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

*virke- +‎ *-edä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vërkë. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

*virkedä[1]

  1. alert, brisk

Declension
Inflection of *virkedä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *virkedä *virkedät
accusative *virkedän *virkedät
genitive *virkedän *virkedäden
*virkedeiden
partitive *virkedätä *virkedeitä
inessive *virkedässä
*virkedähnä		 *virkedeissä
*virkedeihnä
elative *virkedästä *virkedeistä
illative *virkedäsen *virkedeisen
adessive *virkedällä *virkedeillä
ablative *virkedältä *virkedeiltä
allative *virkedälen
*virkedälek		 *virkedeilen
*virkedeilek
essive *virkedänä *virkedeinä
translative *virkedäksi *virkedeiksi
instructive *virkedän *virkedein
comitative *virkedänek *virkedeinek
abessive *virkedättä *virkedeittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: virge
  • Finnish: virkeä
  • Livonian: ⇒ virgzi
  • Võro: virgõ

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*virkedä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • virge in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “virkeä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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