Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cilta

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

From earlier *tilta, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tílˀta (compare Latvian tilts, Lithuanian tiltas). A secondary meaning "floor" is found in Karelian, Ingrian, Votic and eastern dialects of Finnish, but this appears to be a late innovation.

Noun

*cilta

1. bridge

Inflection

Inflection of *cilta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*cilta	*cildat
accusative		*cildan	*cildat
genitive		*cildan	*ciltadën *ciltoidën
partitive		*ciltada	*ciltoida
inessive		*cildassa *cildahna	*cildoissa *cildoihna
elative		*cildasta	*cildoista
illative		*ciltahën	*ciltoihën
adessive		*cildalla	*cildoilla
ablative		*cildalta	*cildoilta
allative		*ciltalën *ciltalëk	*ciltoilën *ciltoilëk
essive		*ciltana	*ciltoina
translative		*cildaksi	*cildoiksi
instructive		*cildan	*cildoin
comitative		*ciltanëk	*ciltoinëk
abessive		*cildatta	*cildoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: sild
• Finnish: silta
• Ingrian: silta
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: šilta
  • South Karelian: šilda
• Livonian: sīlda
• Livvi: sildu
• Ludian: šild
• Veps: sild, siud, süud
• Võro: sild
• Votic: siltõ
• → Proto-Samic: *šëltē (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “sild”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN