Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kainalo

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

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *kone + *ëla.

Noun

*kainalo

1. armpit

Inflection

Inflection of *kainalo

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kainalo	*kainalot
accusative		*kainalon	*kainalot
genitive		*kainalon	*kainalodën *kainaloidën
partitive		*kainalota	*kainaloita
inessive		*kainalossa *kainalohna	*kainaloissa *kainaloihna
elative		*kainalosta	*kainaloista
illative		*kainalosën	*kainaloisën
adessive		*kainalolla	*kainaloilla
ablative		*kainalolta	*kainaloilta
allative		*kainalolën *kainalolëk	*kainaloilën *kainaloilëk
essive		*kainalona	*kainaloina
translative		*kainaloksi	*kainaloiksi
instructive		*kainalon	*kainaloin
comitative		*kainalonëk	*kainaloinëk
abessive		*kainalotta	*kainaloitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kaenal
• Finnish: kainalo
• Ingrian: kainalo
• Karelian: kainalo
• Livonian: kāinal
• Livvi: kainalo
• Ludian: kainal
• Veps: kaimol
• Võro: kainal
• Votic: kainõlo

Further reading

• “kaenal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kainalo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (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