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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/siledä

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

*sile- + *-edä. Related to Proto-Samic *čëlëtēk. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

*siledä

  1. smooth

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sile
  • Finnish: sileä
  • Ingrian: silliiä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: silei
  • Ludian: siled
  • Veps: siled
  • Võro: sille
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) silliä
  • Proto-Samic: *šëlëtē (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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