Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/siihvilä

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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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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sīhwilaz (whence Swedish sil).[1]

Noun

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*siihvilä (Northern Finnic)

  1. sieve
    Synonym: *sëkla

Inflection

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Descendants

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From *siihvilä:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) siihvilä, sihvilä
  • Veps: sihloine

From *siivilä:

References

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  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading

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  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “siivilä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (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