Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ilkëda

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 borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ilhijaz or *ilhilaz (whence Old Norse illr) and further derived with +‎ *-ëda. Doublet with *elkedä.

Adjective

*ilkëda

1. bad, mean
2. disgusting

Descendants

• Estonian: ilge
• Finnish: ilkeä
  • → Votic: hilkiä
• Ingrian: ilkiä
• Karelian: (Northern) ilkie, (Southern) ilgie
• Livvi: ilgei
• Votic: ilka
• → Northern Sami: ilgat
• → Inari Sami: ilgâd

Related terms

• *ilka

References

• “ilge”, 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]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN