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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/iljen

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

Unknown.

Noun

*iljen (Northern Finnic)

  1. slippery ice cover, glaze ice

Inflection
Inflection of *iljen
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *iljen *iljenet
accusative *iljenen *iljenet
genitive *iljenen *iljenden
*iljeniden
partitive *iljentä *iljenitä
inessive *iljenessä
*iljenehnä		 *iljenissä
*iljenihnä
elative *iljenestä *iljenistä
illative *iljenesen *iljenisen
adessive *iljenellä *iljenillä
ablative *iljeneltä *iljeniltä
allative *iljenelen
*iljenelek		 *iljenilen
*iljenilek
essive *iljennä *iljeninä
translative *iljeneksi *iljeniksi
instructive *iljenen *iljenin
comitative *iljennek *iljeninek
abessive *iljenettä *iljenittä

Descendants
  • Finnish: ⇒ iljanne, iljanko, (dialectal) iljen, iljan
  • Ingrian: iljenä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: iljen, ilʹlʹen
    • South Karelian: ilʹlʹen
  • Livvi: ilʹlʹen
  • Ludian: illen

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “iljanko”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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