Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halla

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 earlier *šalna (whence also Proto-Samic *suolnē), borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian salna, Lithuanian šalnà), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śalnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolH-n-eh₂.

Noun

*halla

1. frost occurring at night during the growing season

Inflection

Inflection of *halla

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*halla	*hallat
accusative		*hallan	*hallat
genitive		*hallan	*halladën *halloidën
partitive		*hallada	*halloida
inessive		*hallassa *hallahna	*halloissa *halloihna
elative		*hallasta	*halloista
illative		*hallahën	*halloihën
adessive		*hallalla	*halloilla
ablative		*hallalta	*halloilta
allative		*hallalën *hallalëk	*halloilën *halloilëk
essive		*hallana	*halloina
translative		*hallaksi	*halloiksi
instructive		*hallan	*halloin
comitative		*hallanëk	*halloinëk
abessive		*hallatta	*halloitta

Descendants

• Estonian: hall
• Finnish: halla
• Ingrian: halla
• Karelian: halla
• Livonian: ǭla
• Livvi: hallu
• Ludian: hall
• Veps: hall
• Võro: hall
• Votic: allõ

Further reading

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