Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hülgeh

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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

Etymology

Unknown. Likely from earlier *šülkeš and often compared with Proto-Germanic *selhaz (seal), as a loan in either direction or from a common third, perhaps substrate, source. According to Nirvi (1944), from *hülgäit'äk +‎ *-ëh.

Noun

*hülgeh[1]

  1. seal (animal)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: hüljes
  • Finnish: hylje
  • Ingrian: hyle
  • Karelian: hyleh
  • Livonian: īlgaz
  • Võro: hülge
  • Votic: ülle

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hülgeh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)