Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hilja

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 *šilja, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *silāną (“to be silent”).

The partitive singular *hiljada has become an adverb meaning 'quietly' in several descendants.

Adjective

*hilja

1. silent

Inflection

Inflection of *hilja

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hilja	*hiljat
accusative		*hiljan	*hiljat
genitive		*hiljan	*hiljadën *hiljoidën
partitive		*hiljada	*hiljoida
inessive		*hiljassa *hiljahna	*hiljoissa *hiljoihna
elative		*hiljasta	*hiljoista
illative		*hiljahën	*hiljoihën
adessive		*hiljalla	*hiljoilla
ablative		*hiljalta	*hiljoilta
allative		*hiljalën *hiljalëk	*hiljoilën *hiljoilëk
essive		*hiljana	*hiljoina
translative		*hiljaksi	*hiljoiksi
instructive		*hiljan	*hiljoin
comitative		*hiljanëk	*hiljoinëk
abessive		*hiljatta	*hiljoitta

Derived terms

• *hiljainën
• *hiljaisëdus
• *hiljan

Descendants

• Finnish: hilja (dialectal)
• Karelian: hil’l’a
• Livvi: hil'l'u
• Ludian: hill'
• Veps: hil'l'

From *hiljada:

• Estonian: hilja
• Finnish: hiljaa
• Ingrian: hiljaa
• Ludian: hil'l'aa
• ? Veps: hillei
• Votic: ilʹlʹa

From *hiljaksëhën:

• Finnish: hiljakseen
• Ingrian: hiljaksee

Unsorted formations:

• ⇒ Ingrian: hiljakaistaa

References

• “hilja”, 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