Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/apila

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian dobilas, Old Prussian wobilis).

Noun

*apila

  1. clover (plant in the genus Trifolium)

Inflection

Inflection of *apila
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *apila *apilat
accusative *apilan *apilat
genitive *apilan *apiladën
*apiloidën
partitive *apilata *apiloita
inessive *apilassa
*apilahna 		*apiloissa
*apiloihna
elative *apilasta *apiloista
illative *apilasën *apiloisën
adessive *apilalla *apiloilla
ablative *apilalta *apiloilta
allative *apilalën
*apilalëk 		*apiloilën
*apiloilëk
essive *apilana *apiloina
translative *apilaksi *apiloiksi
instructive *apilan *apiloin
comitative *apilanëk *apiloinëk
abessive *apilatta *apiloitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: apila
  • >? Livonian: ǭ’biļ (possibly borrowed separately from Latvian)
  • Votic: (obsolete) apila (Vilbaste)

From *apilas (with *-s):

  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: apilaš
    • South Karelian: apilaš
  • Livvi: abilaz

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “apila”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
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