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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/villa

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 *wilna, a borrowing from Proto-Baltic [Term?], compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *wílˀnāˀ.

Noun

*villa[1]

  1. wool

Inflection
Inflection of *villa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *villa *villat
accusative *villan *villat
genitive *villan *villadën
*villoidën
partitive *villada *villoida
inessive *villassa
*villahna		 *villoissa
*villoihna
elative *villasta *villoista
illative *villahën *villoihën
adessive *villalla *villoilla
ablative *villalta *villoilta
allative *villalën
*villalëk		 *villoilën
*villoilëk
essive *villana *villoina
translative *villaksi *villoiksi
instructive *villan *villoin
comitative *villanëk *villoinëk
abessive *villatta *villoitta

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: vill
  • Finnish: villa
  • Ingrian: villa
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: vīla
  • Livvi: villu
  • Ludian: vill
  • Veps: vill
  • Võro: vill
  • Votic: villõ

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*villa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “vill”, 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]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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