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)
    Synonyms: *sara, *tarna

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: vihvilä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vihvilä, vihviläini
    • South Karelian: (dialectal) vihviläine

Further reading

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