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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halla

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.

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Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From earlier *šalna (whence also Proto-Samic *suolnē), borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian salna, Lithuanian šalnà), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śalnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolH-n-eh₂.

Noun

*halla

  1. frost occurring at night during the growing season

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: hall
  • Finnish: halla
  • Ingrian: halla
  • Karelian: halla
  • Livonian: ǭla
  • Livvi: hallu
  • Ludian: hall
  • Veps: hall
  • Võro: hall
  • Votic: allõ

Further reading

  • halla in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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