Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hullu

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

Unknown. Possibly related to Proto-Samic *jëllë, or alternatively, possibly imitative.

Adjective

*hullu

1. crazy, mad, insane

Inflection

Inflection of *hullu

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hullu	*hullut
accusative		*hullun	*hullut
genitive		*hullun	*hulludën *hulluidën
partitive		*hulluda	*hulluida
inessive		*hullussa *hulluhna	*hulluissa *hulluihna
elative		*hullusta	*hulluista
illative		*hulluhën	*hulluihën
adessive		*hullulla	*hulluilla
ablative		*hullulta	*hulluilta
allative		*hullulën *hullulëk	*hulluilën *hulluilëk
essive		*hulluna	*hulluina
translative		*hulluksi	*hulluiksi
instructive		*hullun	*hulluin
comitative		*hullunëk	*hulluinëk
abessive		*hullutta	*hulluitta

Descendants

• Estonian: hull
• Finnish: hullu
  • → Votic: hullu
• Ingrian: hullu
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: hullu
  • South Karelian: hullu
• Livonian: ul
• Võro: hull
• Votic: (Kattila) ullu

Further reading

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