Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nila

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńila.

Noun

*nila[1]

  1. phloem, inner bark

Inflection

Inflection of *nila
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nila *nilat
accusative *nilan *nilat
genitive *nilan *niladën
*niloidën
partitive *nilada *niloida
inessive *nilassa
*nilahna 		*niloissa
*niloihna
elative *nilasta *niloista
illative *nilahën *niloihën
adessive *nilalla *niloilla
ablative *nilalta *niloilta
allative *nilalën
*nilalëk 		*niloilën
*niloilëk
essive *nilana *niloina
translative *nilaksi *niloiksi
instructive *nilan *niloin
comitative *nilanëk *niloinëk
abessive *nilatta *niloitta

Descendants

  • >? Estonian: ila (“slobber”)
  • Finnish: nila
  • Karelian: ńila
  • Livvi: ńila
  • Ludian: ńila
  • Veps: ńila

References

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

Further reading

  • “ila”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #626 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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