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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hellä

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Adjective

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*hellä[1]

  1. gentle
  2. tender, sensitive

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: hell
  • Finnish: hellä
  • Ingrian: hellä
  • Karelian: hellä
  • Livvi: helly
  • Võro: hell
  • Votic: (Kattila, Mati) ellä

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hellä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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