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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cilta

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 *tilta, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tílˀta (compare Latvian tilts, Lithuanian tiltas). A secondary meaning "floor" is found in Karelian, Ingrian, Votic and eastern dialects of Finnish, but this appears to be a late innovation.

Noun

*cilta[1]

  1. bridge

Inflection
Inflection of *cilta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *cilta *cildat
accusative *cildan *cildat
genitive *cildan *ciltadën
*ciltoidën
partitive *ciltada *ciltoida
inessive *cildassa
*cildahna		 *cildoissa
*cildoihna
elative *cildasta *cildoista
illative *ciltahën *ciltoihën
adessive *cildalla *cildoilla
ablative *cildalta *cildoilta
allative *ciltalën
*ciltalëk		 *ciltoilën
*ciltoilëk
essive *ciltana *ciltoina
translative *cildaksi *cildoiksi
instructive *cildan *cildoin
comitative *ciltanëk *ciltoinëk
abessive *cildatta *cildoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: sild
  • Finnish: silta
  • Ingrian: silta
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šilta
    • South Karelian: šilda
  • Livonian: sīlda
  • Livvi: sildu
  • Ludian: šild
  • Veps: sild, siud, süud
  • Võro: sild
  • Votic: siltõ
  • → Proto-Samic: *šëltē (see there for further descendants)

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

Further reading
  • “sild”, 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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