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
Etymology
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
*hilja[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *hilja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hilja | *hiljat | |
| accusative | *hiljan | *hiljat | |
| genitive | *hiljan | *hiljadën *hiljoidën | |
| partitive | *hiljada | *hiljoida | |
| inessive | *hiljassa *hiljahna |
*hiljoissa *hiljoihna | |
| elative | *hiljasta | *hiljoista | |
| illative | *hiljahën | *hiljoihën | |
| adessive | *hiljalla | *hiljoilla | |
| ablative | *hiljalta | *hiljoilta | |
| allative | *hiljalën *hiljalëk |
*hiljoilën *hiljoilëk | |
| essive | *hiljana | *hiljoina | |
| translative | *hiljaksi | *hiljoiksi | |
| instructive | *hiljan | *hiljoin | |
| comitative | *hiljanëk | *hiljoinëk | |
| abessive | *hiljatta | *hiljoitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
From *hiljada:
From *hiljaksëhën:
- Finnish: hiljakseen
- Ingrian: hiljaksee
Unsorted formations:
- ⇒ Ingrian: hiljakaistaa
References
- “hilja”, 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