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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vihvilä

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian viksva (“sedge”)).

Noun

*vihvilä

  1. rush (plant of the genus Juncus)
  2. sedge (plant of the genus Carex)
    Synonym: *sara, *tarna

Inflection
Inflection of *vihvilä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vihvilä *vihvilät
accusative *vihvilän *vihvilät
genitive *vihvilän *vihviläden
*vihvileiden
partitive *vihvilätä *vihvileitä
inessive *vihvilässä
*vihvilähnä		 *vihvileissä
*vihvileihnä
elative *vihvilästä *vihvileistä
illative *vihviläsen *vihvileisen
adessive *vihvilällä *vihvileillä
ablative *vihvilältä *vihvileiltä
allative *vihvilälen
*vihvilälek		 *vihvileilen
*vihvileilek
essive *vihvilänä *vihvileinä
translative *vihviläksi *vihvileiksi
instructive *vihvilän *vihvilein
comitative *vihvilänek *vihvileinek
abessive *vihvilättä *vihvileittä

Descendants
  • Finnish: vihvilä
  • ⇒ Karelian: vihviläine

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vihvilä”, in 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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