Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halli

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian salnis, Lithuanian šalnis) or, alternatively, derived from *halla +‎ *-i.

Adjective

*halli[1]

  1. grey/gray
    Synonym: *harmaga

Noun

*halli

  1. grey-haired animal

Inflection

Inflection of *halli
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *halli *hallit
accusative *hallin *hallit
genitive *hallin *hallidën
*hallëjidën
partitive *hallida *hallëjita
inessive *hallissa
*hallihna 		*hallëjissa
*hallëjihna
elative *hallista *hallëjista
illative *hallihën *hallëjisën
adessive *hallilla *hallëjilla
ablative *hallilta *hallëjilta
allative *hallilën
*hallilëk 		*hallëjilën
*hallëjilëk
essive *hallina *hallëjina
translative *halliksi *hallëjiksi
instructive *hallin *hallëjin
comitative *hallinëk *hallëjinëk
abessive *hallitta *hallëjitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: hall
  • Finnish: halli
  • Ingrian: halli
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: aļ
  • Võro: hall'

Further reading

  • “hall”, 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), “halli”, 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

References

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