Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hilja

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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]

From earlier *šilja, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *silāną (to be silent).

The partitive singular *hiljada has become an adverb meaning 'quietly' in several descendants.

Adjective[edit]

*hilja

  1. silent

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Finnish: hilja (dialectal)
  • Karelian: hil’l’a
  • Livvi: hil'l'u
  • Ludian: hill'
  • Veps: hil'l'

From *hiljada:

Unsorted formations:

References[edit]

  • hilja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN