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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vilja

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

Borrowed from an Indo-European language, compare Russian обилие (obilije) and Czech obilí. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vëljē.

Noun

*vilja

  1. grain, cereal
  2. abundance, plenty

Inflection
Inflection of *vilja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vilja *viljat
accusative *viljan *viljat
genitive *viljan *viljadën
*viljoidën
partitive *viljada *viljoida
inessive *viljassa
*viljahna		 *viljoissa
*viljoihna
elative *viljasta *viljoista
illative *viljahën *viljoihën
adessive *viljalla *viljoilla
ablative *viljalta *viljoilta
allative *viljalën
*viljalëk		 *viljoilën
*viljoilëk
essive *viljana *viljoina
translative *viljaksi *viljoiksi
instructive *viljan *viljoin
comitative *viljanëk *viljoinëk
abessive *viljatta *viljoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: vili
  • Finnish: vilja
  • Ingrian: vilja, viljä
  • Karelian: vil'l'a
  • Livonian: vīļa
  • Livvi: vilʹlʹu
  • Ludian: vil'
  • Veps: vil'l'
  • Võro: vili
  • Votic: vilʹlʹõ

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