Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vila
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Samic *vëlē, further origin unknown.
Adjective
*vila[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *vila
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vila | *vilat | |
| accusative | *vilan | *vilat | |
| genitive | *vilan | *viladën *viloidën | |
| partitive | *vilada | *viloida | |
| inessive | *vilassa *vilahna |
*viloissa *viloihna | |
| elative | *vilasta | *viloista | |
| illative | *vilahën | *viloihën | |
| adessive | *vilalla | *viloilla | |
| ablative | *vilalta | *viloilta | |
| allative | *vilalën *vilalëk |
*viloilën *viloilëk | |
| essive | *vilana | *viloina | |
| translative | *vilaksi | *viloiksi | |
| instructive | *vilan | *viloin | |
| comitative | *vilanëk | *viloinëk | |
| abessive | *vilatta | *viloitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: (obsolete) vila (“quickness, handiness”)
- Finnish: ⇒ vilistä
- Ingrian: ⇒ vilissä
- Livonian: ⇒ vi’llõ
From *vilëda ~ *viledä (+ *-ëda):
References
Further reading
- “vilama”, 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), “vilistä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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