Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ilo
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possibly related to Pite Sami âllo (“urge”).
Noun edit
*ilo
Inflection edit
Inflection of *ilo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ilo | *ilot | |
| accusative | *ilon | *ilot | |
| genitive | *ilon | *ilodën *iloidën | |
| partitive | *iloda | *iloida | |
| inessive | *ilossa *ilohna |
*iloissa *iloihna | |
| elative | *ilosta | *iloista | |
| illative | *ilohën | *iloihën | |
| adessive | *ilolla | *iloilla | |
| ablative | *ilolta | *iloilta | |
| allative | *ilolën *ilolëk |
*iloilën *iloilëk | |
| essive | *ilona | *iloina | |
| translative | *iloksi | *iloiksi | |
| instructive | *ilon | *iloin | |
| comitative | *ilonëk | *iloinëk | |
| abessive | *ilotta | *iloitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: ilu
- Finnish: ilo
- → Northern Sami: illu
- Ingrian: ilo
- Karelian: ilo
- >? Livonian: ilā
- Livvi: ilo
- Ludian: ilo
- Veps: ilo
- Võro: ilo
- Votic: ilo
Further reading edit
- “ilu”, 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), “ilo”, in 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