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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirkudak

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 (compare *kurki (crane)). Alternatively, possibly borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną.

Verb

*kirkudak (stem *kirku-)

  1. to shout, to scream

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kiirguma/kiirguda, kirguma/kirguda
  • Finnish: kirkua
  • Karelian: kirkuo (Northern), kirguo (Southern)
  • Livonian: kirgõ
  • Livvi: kirguo
  • Ludian: kirguda
  • Veps: kirkta

Further reading

  • kiirguma”, 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), “kirkua”, 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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