Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/iljen
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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.
Noun
*iljen (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *iljen
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *iljen | *iljenet | |
| accusative | *iljenen | *iljenet | |
| genitive | *iljenen | *iljenden *iljeniden | |
| partitive | *iljentä | *iljenitä | |
| inessive | *iljenessä *iljenehnä |
*iljenissä *iljenihnä | |
| elative | *iljenestä | *iljenistä | |
| illative | *iljenesen | *iljenisen | |
| adessive | *iljenellä | *iljenillä | |
| ablative | *iljeneltä | *iljeniltä | |
| allative | *iljenelen *iljenelek |
*iljenilen *iljenilek | |
| essive | *iljennä | *iljeninä | |
| translative | *iljeneksi | *iljeniksi | |
| instructive | *iljenen | *iljenin | |
| comitative | *iljennek | *iljeninek | |
| abessive | *iljenettä | *iljenittä | |
Descendants
- Finnish: ⇒ iljanne, iljanko, (dialectal) iljen, iljan
- Ingrian: iljenä
- Karelian:
- Livvi: ilʹlʹen
- Ludian: illen
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “iljanko”, in 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