Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nila

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńila.

Noun

*nila

1. phloem, inner bark

Inflection

Inflection of *nila

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*nila	*nilat
accusative		*nilan	*nilat
genitive		*nilan	*niladën *niloidën
partitive		*nilada	*niloida
inessive		*nilassa *nilahna	*niloissa *niloihna
elative		*nilasta	*niloista
illative		*nilahën	*niloihën
adessive		*nilalla	*niloilla
ablative		*nilalta	*niloilta
allative		*nilalën *nilalëk	*niloilën *niloilëk
essive		*nilana	*niloina
translative		*nilaksi	*niloiksi
instructive		*nilan	*niloin
comitative		*nilanëk	*niloinëk
abessive		*nilatta	*niloitta

Descendants

• ? Estonian: ila ("slobber")
• Finnish: nila
• Karelian: ńila
• Livvi: ńila
• Ludian: ńila
• Veps: ńila

Further reading

• “ila”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #626 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.