Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këlo
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ (whence Old English ceole (“throat, beak of a ship”)).
Noun
[edit]*këlo (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *këlo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *këlo | *këlot | |
| accusative | *këlon | *këlot | |
| genitive | *këlon | *këlodën *këloidën | |
| partitive | *këloda | *këloida | |
| inessive | *këlossa *këlohna |
*këloissa *këloihna | |
| elative | *këlosta | *këloista | |
| illative | *këlohën | *këloihën | |
| adessive | *këlolla | *këloilla | |
| ablative | *këlolta | *këloilta | |
| allative | *këlolën *këlolëk |
*këloilën *këloilëk | |
| essive | *këlona | *këloina | |
| translative | *këloksi | *këloiksi | |
| instructive | *këlon | *këloin | |
| comitative | *këlonëk | *këloinëk | |
| abessive | *këlotta | *këloitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: (dialectal) kelo
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kelo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN