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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/heledä

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

Sound-symbolic with the suffix *-eda.

Adjective

*heledä

  1. bright
  2. light

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: hele
  • Finnish: heleä
  • Ingrian: helliä
  • Karelian: helie
  • Livonian: õ’ldzi
  • Livvi: helei
  • Ludian: heleäd pl
  • Veps: heled
  • Võro: helle
  • Votic: elliä

Further reading

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