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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirvas

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *širwas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas (compare Old Prussian sirwis (roe deer)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥wós, from *ḱerh₂-; see there for more.

Noun

*hirvas

  1. bull elk, reindeer bull

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: hirvas
  • Karelian: (Northern) hirvas
  • → Russian: гирвас (girvas)

References

  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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