Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/älü

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-Permic *älwä(-w).

Noun

*älü

1. intellect, intelligence, understanding

Inflection

Inflection of *älü

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*älü	*älüt
accusative		*älün	*älüt
genitive		*älün	*älüden *älüiden
partitive		*älüdä	*älüidä
inessive		*älüssä *älühnä	*älüissä *älüihnä
elative		*älüstä	*älüistä
illative		*älühen	*älüihen
adessive		*älüllä	*älüillä
ablative		*älültä	*älüiltä
allative		*älülen *älülek	*älüilen *älüilek
essive		*älünä	*älüinä
translative		*älüksi	*älüiksi
instructive		*älün	*älüin
comitative		*älünek	*älüinek
abessive		*älüttä	*älüittä

Descendants

• Finnish: äly
• Ingrian: äly
  • → Votic: älü
• Karelian: äly

Further reading

• Entry #1195 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “äly”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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