Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hülgeh
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Likely from earlier *šülkeš and often compared with Proto-Germanic *selhaz (“seal”), as a loan in either direction or from a common third, perhaps substrate, source. According to Nirvi (1944), from *hülgäit'äk + *-ëh.
Noun
[edit]*hülgeh[1]
- seal (animal)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *hülgeh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hülgeh | *hülkehet | |
| accusative | *hülkehen | *hülkehet | |
| genitive | *hülkehen | *hülgehten *hülkehiden | |
| partitive | *hülgehtä | *hülkehitä | |
| inessive | *hülkehessä *hülkehehnä |
*hülkehissä *hülkehihnä | |
| elative | *hülkehestä | *hülkehistä | |
| illative | *hülkehesen | *hülkehisen | |
| adessive | *hülkehellä | *hülkehillä | |
| ablative | *hülkeheltä | *hülkehiltä | |
| allative | *hülkehelen *hülkehelek |
*hülkehilen *hülkehilek | |
| essive | *hülkehenä | *hülkehinä | |
| translative | *hülkeheksi | *hülkehiksi | |
| instructive | *hülkehen | *hülkehin | |
| comitative | *hülkehenek | *hülkehinek | |
| abessive | *hülkehettä | *hülkehittä | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: hüljes
- Finnish: hylje
- Ingrian: hyle
- Karelian: hyleh
- Livonian: īlgaz
- Võro: hülge
- Votic: ülle