Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vilu
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
 |
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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. May be derived from a front-vocalic root *vilä- or *vile- + *-u, given the likely derivatives Finnish viileä, Ingrian viiliä and Karelian viilie.
Adjective
[edit]*vilu
Noun
[edit]*vilu
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vilu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vilu | *vilut | |
| accusative | *vilun | *vilut | |
| genitive | *vilun | *viludën *viluidën | |
| partitive | *viluda | *viluida | |
| inessive | *vilussa *viluhna |
*viluissa *viluihna | |
| elative | *vilusta | *viluista | |
| illative | *viluhën | *viluihën | |
| adessive | *vilulla | *viluilla | |
| ablative | *vilulta | *viluilta | |
| allative | *vilulën *vilulëk |
*viluilën *viluilëk | |
| essive | *viluna | *viluina | |
| translative | *viluksi | *viluiksi | |
| instructive | *vilun | *viluin | |
| comitative | *vilunëk | *viluinëk | |
| abessive | *vilutta | *viluitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: vilu
- Finnish: vilu
- Ingrian: vilu
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vi’l
- Livvi: vilu
- Ludian: vilu
- Veps: vilu
- Võro: vilu
- Votic: vilu
Further reading
[edit]- “vilu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012