Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/velji
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Possibly a loan from Proto-Germanic *swelijô, whence Icelandic svili. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vieljë.
Noun
*velji
Inflection
Inflection of *velji
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *veli | *veljet | |
| accusative | *veljen | *veljet | |
| genitive | *veljen | *veljeden *veljiden | |
| partitive | *veljedä | *veljidä | |
| inessive | *veljessä *veljehnä |
*veljissä *veljihnä | |
| elative | *veljestä | *veljistä | |
| illative | *veljehen | *veljihen | |
| adessive | *veljellä | *veljillä | |
| ablative | *veljeltä | *veljiltä | |
| allative | *veljelen *veljelek |
*veljilen *veljilek | |
| essive | *veljenä | *veljinä | |
| translative | *veljeksi | *veljiksi | |
| instructive | *veljen | *veljin | |
| comitative | *veljenek | *veljinek | |
| abessive | *veljettä | *veljittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: veli
- Finnish: veli
- Ingrian: veli, veljä
- Karelian: velli
- Livvi: velj
- Livonian: ve'ļ
- Ludian: vell'
- Veps: vel'l'
- Võro: veli
- Votic: velli, velʹlʹi
Further reading
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*veli”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)