Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hiili
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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. Loanwords into the Samic languages show that the earlier form was *šiile.
Noun
*hiili[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *hiili
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hiili | *hiilet | |
| accusative | *hiilen | *hiilet | |
| genitive | *hiilen | *hiilden *hiiliden | |
| partitive | *hiiltä | *hiilidä | |
| inessive | *hiilessä *hiilehnä |
*hiilissä *hiilihnä | |
| elative | *hiilestä | *hiilistä | |
| illative | *hiilehen | *hiilihen | |
| adessive | *hiilellä | *hiilillä | |
| ablative | *hiileltä | *hiililtä | |
| allative | *hiilelen *hiilelek |
*hiililen *hiililek | |
| essive | *hiillä | *hiilinä | |
| translative | *hiileksi | *hiiliksi | |
| instructive | *hiilen | *hiilin | |
| comitative | *hiillek | *hiilinek | |
| abessive | *hiilettä | *hiilittä | |
Synonyms
- (charcoal): *süci
Descendants
- ⇒ Estonian: hiilgama (“to shine”), hiilakas
- Finnish: hiili
- Ingrian: hiili
- Karelian: hiili
- Livonian: īļ (“fire”), ilgõ, ildõ (“to shine”)
- Livvi: hiili
- Ludian: hiil', hiil'i
- Veps: hil', hiil'
- Votic: iili
- → Western Proto-Samic: *šilë
- → Lule Sami: hilla
- → Northern Sami: hilla
- → Inari Sami: illâ
- → Skolt Sami: ill
- → Kildin Sami: ылл (yll)
- → Ter Sami: йылл (jïll)
References
- “hiilgama”, in 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] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN