Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/velji

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *veli

Etymology

Possibly a loan from Proto-Germanic *swelijô, whence Icelandic svili. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vieljë.

Noun

*velji

  1. brother

Inflection

Inflection of *velji
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *veli *veljet
accusative *veljen *veljet
genitive *veljen *veljeden
*veljiden
partitive *veljedä *veljidä
inessive *veljessä
*veljehnä 		*veljissä
*veljihnä
elative *veljestä *veljistä
illative *veljehen *veljihen
adessive *veljellä *veljillä
ablative *veljeltä *veljiltä
allative *veljelen
*veljelek 		*veljilen
*veljilek
essive *veljenä *veljinä
translative *veljeksi *veljiksi
instructive *veljen *veljin
comitative *veljenek *veljinek
abessive *veljettä *veljittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: veli
  • Finnish: veli
  • Ingrian: veli, veljä
  • Karelian: velli
  • Livvi: velj
  • Livonian: ve'ļ
  • Ludian: vell'
  • Veps: vel'l'
  • Võro: veli
  • Votic: velli, velʹlʹi

Further reading

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