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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vilu

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

Unknown. May be derived from a front-vocalic root *vilä- or *vile- + *-u, given the likely derivatives Finnish viileä, Ingrian viiliä and Karelian viilie.

Adjective

*vilu

  1. cool, cold

Noun

*vilu

  1. coldness, cold (sensation)
  2. shade (darkness where light is blocked)

Inflection
Inflection of *vilu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vilu *vilut
accusative *vilun *vilut
genitive *vilun *viludën
*viluidën
partitive *viluda *viluida
inessive *vilussa
*viluhna		 *viluissa
*viluihna
elative *vilusta *viluista
illative *viluhën *viluihën
adessive *vilulla *viluilla
ablative *vilulta *viluilta
allative *vilulën
*vilulëk		 *viluilën
*viluilëk
essive *viluna *viluina
translative *viluksi *viluiksi
instructive *vilun *viluin
comitative *vilunëk *viluinëk
abessive *vilutta *viluitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: vilu
  • Finnish: vilu
  • Ingrian: vilu
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vilu
    • South Karelian: vilu
  • Livonian: vi’l
  • Livvi: vilu
  • Ludian: vilu
  • Veps: vilu
  • Võro: vilu
  • Votic: vilu

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