Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/heldeh

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

From earlier *šelteš, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian silts and Lithuanian šiltas).

Noun edit

*heldeh

  1. hot weather, swelter

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Finnish: helle
  • Karelian: helleh

Further reading edit

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “helle”, 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