Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuhilas

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *kuhila

Etymology

Possibly derived from *kuhja (“haystack”), or less likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skūilaz (whence Swedish skyl (“stook”)).

Noun

*kuhilas

1. stook (pile of sheaves)

Inflection

Inflection of *kuhilas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kuhilas	*kuhilasët
accusative		*kuhilasën	*kuhilasët
genitive		*kuhilasën	*kuhilastën *kuhilasidën
partitive		*kuhilasta	*kuhilasida
inessive		*kuhilasëssa *kuhilasëhna	*kuhilasissa *kuhilasihna
elative		*kuhilasësta	*kuhilasista
illative		*kuhilasëhën	*kuhilasihën
adessive		*kuhilasëlla	*kuhilasilla
ablative		*kuhilasëlta	*kuhilasilta
allative		*kuhilasëlën *kuhilasëlëk	*kuhilasilën *kuhilasilëk
essive		*kuhilassa	*kuhilasina
translative		*kuhilasëksi	*kuhilasiksi
instructive		*kuhilasën	*kuhilasin
comitative		*kuhilassëk	*kuhilasinëk
abessive		*kuhilasëtta	*kuhilasitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) kuhilas, ⇒ kuhelik
• Finnish: kuhilas, (dialectal) kuhila
• Ingrian: kuilas
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kuhilaš
  • South Karelian: kuhilaš, kuilaš, kuhlaš
• Veps: kuhl'az
• Võro: ⇒ kuhilik
• Votic: kuilõz, kuhilõz, (Kattila) kuhilaz, kuhila

From *kühläs:

• Finnish: (dialectal) kyhläs
• Livvi: kyhläs
• Ludian: kühläz
• Veps: kuhläz

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuhilas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN