Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hiili

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. Loanwords into the Samic languages show that the earlier form was *šiile.

Noun

*hiili

1. charcoal
2. ember

Inflection

Inflection of *hiili

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hiili	*hiilet
accusative		*hiilen	*hiilet
genitive		*hiilen	*hiilden *hiiliden
partitive		*hiiltä	*hiilidä
inessive		*hiilessä *hiilehnä	*hiilissä *hiilihnä
elative		*hiilestä	*hiilistä
illative		*hiilehen	*hiilihen
adessive		*hiilellä	*hiilillä
ablative		*hiileltä	*hiililtä
allative		*hiilelen *hiilelek	*hiililen *hiililek
essive		*hiillä	*hiilinä
translative		*hiileksi	*hiiliksi
instructive		*hiilen	*hiilin
comitative		*hiillek	*hiilinek
abessive		*hiilettä	*hiilittä

Synonyms

• (charcoal): *süci

Descendants

• ⇒ Estonian: hiilgama (“to shine”), hiilakas
• Finnish: hiili
• Ingrian: hiili
• Karelian: hiili
• Livonian: īļ (“fire”), ilgõ, ildõ (“to shine”)
• Livvi: hiili
• Ludian: hiil', hiil'i
• Veps: hil', hiil'
• Votic: iili
• → Western Proto-Samic: *šilë
• → Lule Sami: hilla
• → Northern Sami: hilla
• → Inari Sami: illâ
• → Skolt Sami: ill
• → Kildin Sami: ылл (yll)
• → Ter Sami: йылл (jïll)

References

• “hiilgama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN