Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuhilas
Proto-Finnic
Alternative reconstructions
- *kuhila
Etymology
Possibly derived from *kuhja (“haystack”), or less likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skūilaz (whence Swedish skyl (“stook”)).
Noun
*kuhilas[1]
- stook (pile of sheaves)
Inflection
Inflection of *kuhilas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kuhilas | *kuhilasët | |
| accusative | *kuhilasën | *kuhilasët | |
| genitive | *kuhilasën | *kuhilastën *kuhilasidën | |
| partitive | *kuhilasta | *kuhilasida | |
| inessive | *kuhilasëssa *kuhilasëhna |
*kuhilasissa *kuhilasihna | |
| elative | *kuhilasësta | *kuhilasista | |
| illative | *kuhilasëhën | *kuhilasihën | |
| adessive | *kuhilasëlla | *kuhilasilla | |
| ablative | *kuhilasëlta | *kuhilasilta | |
| allative | *kuhilasëlën *kuhilasëlëk |
*kuhilasilën *kuhilasilëk | |
| essive | *kuhilassa | *kuhilasina | |
| translative | *kuhilasëksi | *kuhilasiksi | |
| instructive | *kuhilasën | *kuhilasin | |
| comitative | *kuhilassëk | *kuhilasinëk | |
| abessive | *kuhilasëtta | *kuhilasitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) kuhilas, ⇒ kuhelik
- Finnish: kuhilas, (dialectal) kuhila
- Ingrian: kuilas
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kuhilaš
- South Karelian: kuhilaš, kuilaš, kuhlaš
- Veps: kuhl'az
- Võro: ⇒ kuhilik
- Votic: kuilõz, kuhilõz, (Kattila) kuhilaz, kuhila
From *kühläs:
- Finnish: (dialectal) kyhläs
- Livvi: kyhläs
- Ludian: kühläz
- Veps: kuhläz
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuhilas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kuhila(s)”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][1] (in Finnish)