Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-lla

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

Probably contracted from the genitive ending *-n + *ülä (“upper, above”) + Proto-Uralic *-na (locative suffix), perhaps through a Uralic postposition *ülnä: (*-n-ülä-nä >) *-n-ülnä > *-n-lnä > *-lnä > *-lla/*-lla.

In the past also thought to derive from *-la + the aforementioned locative suffix, with *-llA < *-l-nA.

Suffix

*-lla / *-llä

1. Adessive case ending.

Descendants

• Finnish: -lla