Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hullu

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. Possibly related to Proto-Samic *jëllë, or alternatively, possibly imitative.

Adjective

*hullu[1]

  1. crazy, mad, insane

Inflection

Inflection of *hullu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hullu *hullut
accusative *hullun *hullut
genitive *hullun *hulludën
*hulluidën
partitive *hulluda *hulluida
inessive *hullussa
*hulluhna 		*hulluissa
*hulluihna
elative *hullusta *hulluista
illative *hulluhën *hulluihën
adessive *hullulla *hulluilla
ablative *hullulta *hulluilta
allative *hullulën
*hullulëk 		*hulluilën
*hulluilëk
essive *hulluna *hulluina
translative *hulluksi *hulluiksi
instructive *hullun *hulluin
comitative *hullunëk *hulluinëk
abessive *hullutta *hulluitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: hull
  • Finnish: hullu
  • Ingrian: hullu
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: ul
  • Võro: hull
  • Votic: (Kattila) ullu

References

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

Further reading

  • “hull”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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