Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vilja

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

Borrowed from an Indo-European language, compare Russian обилие (obilije) and Czech obilí. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vëljē.

Noun

*vilja[1]

  1. grain, cereal
  2. abundance, plenty

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: vili
  • Finnish: vilja
  • Ingrian: vilja, viljä
  • Karelian: vil'l'a
  • Livonian: vīļa
  • Livvi: vilʹlʹu
  • Ludian: vil'
  • Veps: vil'l'
  • Võro: vili
  • Votic: vilʹlʹõ

References

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

Further reading

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