Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ilma
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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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *ilma. The old religious sense "heaven" was mainly lost (save for the theonym *Ilmari), replaced by the Indo-European loanword *taivas.
Noun edit
*ilma
Inflection edit
Inflection of *ilma
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ilma | *ilmat | |
| accusative | *ilman | *ilmat | |
| genitive | *ilman | *ilmadën *ilmoidën | |
| partitive | *ilmada | *ilmoida | |
| inessive | *ilmassa *ilmahna |
*ilmoissa *ilmoihna | |
| elative | *ilmasta | *ilmoista | |
| illative | *ilmahën | *ilmoihën | |
| adessive | *ilmalla | *ilmoilla | |
| ablative | *ilmalta | *ilmoilta | |
| allative | *ilmalën *ilmalëk |
*ilmoilën *ilmoilëk | |
| essive | *ilmana | *ilmoina | |
| translative | *ilmaksi | *ilmoiksi | |
| instructive | *ilman | *ilmoin | |
| comitative | *ilmanëk | *ilmoinëk | |
| abessive | *ilmatta | *ilmoitta | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Estonian: ilm
- Finnish: ilma
- Ingrian: ilma
- Karelian:
- Livonian: īlma
- Livvi: ilmu
- Ludian: ilm
- Veps: il'm
- Võro: ilm
- Votic: ilmõ
Further reading edit
- “ilm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012