Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hooli

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

From earlier *šooli, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian žala (“damage, harm”)).

Noun

*hooli

1. worry, concern
2. care

Inflection

Inflection of *hooli

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hooli	*hoolët
accusative		*hoolën	*hoolët
genitive		*hoolën	*hooldën *hoolidën
partitive		*hoolta	*hoolida
inessive		*hoolëssa *hoolëhna	*hoolissa *hoolihna
elative		*hoolësta	*hoolista
illative		*hoolëhën	*hoolihën
adessive		*hoolëlla	*hoolilla
ablative		*hoolëlta	*hoolilta
allative		*hoolëlën *hoolëlëk	*hoolilën *hoolilëk
essive		*hoolla	*hoolina
translative		*hoolëksi	*hooliksi
instructive		*hoolën	*hoolin
comitative		*hoollëk	*hoolinëk
abessive		*hoolëtta	*hoolitta

Descendants

• Estonian: hool
• Finnish: huoli
  • Kven: huoli
• Ingrian: hooli
  • → Votic: hooli
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: huoli
  • South Karelian: huoli
• Livonian: ūoļ
• Livvi: huoli
• Ludian: huol'
• Veps: hol'
• Võro: huul'
• Votic: ooli

Further reading

• “hool”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012