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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pilvi

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

From Proto-Uralic *pilwe.

Noun

*pilvi

  1. cloud

Inflection
Inflection of *pilvi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *pilvi *pilvet
accusative *pilven *pilvet
genitive *pilven *pilveden
*pilviden
partitive *pilvedä *pilvidä
inessive *pilvessä
*pilvehnä		 *pilvissä
*pilvihnä
elative *pilvestä *pilvistä
illative *pilvehen *pilvihen
adessive *pilvellä *pilvillä
ablative *pilveltä *pilviltä
allative *pilvelen
*pilvelek		 *pilvilen
*pilvilek
essive *pilvenä *pilvinä
translative *pilveksi *pilviksi
instructive *pilven *pilvin
comitative *pilvenek *pilvinek
abessive *pilvettä *pilvittä

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: pilv
  • Finnish: pilvi
  • Ingrian: pilvi
  • Karelian: pilvi
  • Livonian:
    • Courland Livonian: pīla
    • Vidzeme Livonian: pilu
  • Livvi: pil'vi
  • Ludian: pil'v
  • Veps: pil'v
  • Võro: pilv'
  • Votic: pilvi

References
  • “pilv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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