Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tila
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *tilą (compare German Ziel (“target, goal”)).
Noun
*tila
Inflection
Inflection of *tila
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tila | *tilat | |
| accusative | *tilan | *tilat | |
| genitive | *tilan | *tiladën *tiloidën | |
| partitive | *tilada | *tiloida | |
| inessive | *tilassa *tilahna |
*tiloissa *tiloihna | |
| elative | *tilasta | *tiloista | |
| illative | *tilahën | *tiloihën | |
| adessive | *tilalla | *tiloilla | |
| ablative | *tilalta | *tiloilta | |
| allative | *tilalën *tilalëk |
*tiloilën *tiloilëk | |
| essive | *tilana | *tiloina | |
| translative | *tilaksi | *tiloiksi | |
| instructive | *tilan | *tiloin | |
| comitative | *tilanëk | *tiloinëk | |
| abessive | *tilatta | *tiloitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) tila (“place, position”)
- Finnish: tila (“space; stead”)
- Ingrian: tila (“area, space”)
- Karelian:
- Livvi: tila (“place”)
- Ludian: tila (“room, place”)
- Votic: tila (“bed; area, place”)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tila”, 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