Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hulëh

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

Borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”), or Proto-Germanic *hul- (whence English hull).

Noun

*hulëh (Northern Finnic)

1. light, empty grain

Inflection

Inflection of *hulëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hulëh	*hulëhët
accusative		*hulëhën	*hulëhët
genitive		*hulëhën	*hulëhtën *hulëhidën
partitive		*hulëhta	*hulëhita
inessive		*hulëhëssa *hulëhëhna	*hulëhissa *hulëhihna
elative		*hulëhësta	*hulëhista
illative		*hulëhësën	*hulëhisën
adessive		*hulëhëlla	*hulëhilla
ablative		*hulëhëlta	*hulëhilta
allative		*hulëhëlën *hulëhëlëk	*hulëhilën *hulëhilëk
essive		*hulëhëna	*hulëhina
translative		*hulëhëksi	*hulëhiksi
instructive		*hulëhën	*hulëhin
comitative		*hulëhënëk	*hulëhinëk
abessive		*hulëhëtta	*hulëhitta

Descendants

• Finnish: hule
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: ⇒ hulakka

Further reading

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