Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vilu

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

Unknown. May be derived from a front-vocalic root *vilä- or *vile- + *-u, given the likely derivatives Finnish viileä, Ingrian viiliä and Karelian viilie.

Adjective

*vilu

1. cool, cold

Noun

*vilu

1. coldness, cold (sensation)
2. shade (darkness where light is blocked)

Inflection

Inflection of *vilu

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vilu	*vilut
accusative		*vilun	*vilut
genitive		*vilun	*viludën *viluidën
partitive		*viluda	*viluida
inessive		*vilussa *viluhna	*viluissa *viluihna
elative		*vilusta	*viluista
illative		*viluhën	*viluihën
adessive		*vilulla	*viluilla
ablative		*vilulta	*viluilta
allative		*vilulën *vilulëk	*viluilën *viluilëk
essive		*viluna	*viluina
translative		*viluksi	*viluiksi
instructive		*vilun	*viluin
comitative		*vilunëk	*viluinëk
abessive		*vilutta	*viluitta

Descendants

• Estonian: vilu
• Finnish: vilu
• Ingrian: vilu
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: vilu
  • South Karelian: vilu
• Livonian: vi’l
• Livvi: vilu
• Ludian: vilu
• Veps: vilu
• Võro: vilu
• Votic: vilu

Further reading

• “vilu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012