Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kamahlo

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, probably sound-symbolic. Compare also Erzya коморо (komoro), Moksha комор (komor, “fistful”).

Noun

*kamahlo

1. cupped hands

Inflection

Inflection of *kamahlo

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kamahlo	*kamahlot
accusative		*kamahlon	*kamahlot
genitive		*kamahlon	*kamahlodën *kamahloidën
partitive		*kamahlota	*kamahloita
inessive		*kamahlossa *kamahlohna	*kamahloissa *kamahloihna
elative		*kamahlosta	*kamahloista
illative		*kamahlosën	*kamahloisën
adessive		*kamahlolla	*kamahloilla
ablative		*kamahlolta	*kamahloilta
allative		*kamahlolën *kamahlolëk	*kamahloilën *kamahloilëk
essive		*kamahlona	*kamahloina
translative		*kamahloksi	*kamahloiksi
instructive		*kamahlon	*kamahloin
comitative		*kamahlonëk	*kamahloinëk
abessive		*kamahlotta	*kamahloitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kamal
• Finnish: kahmalo, (dialectal) kamahlo
• Ingrian: kahmola
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kamahlo
  • South Karelian: kamahlo
• Livonian: kǭmal
• Livvi: kahmalo
• Ludian: kamahl, kahmal
• Veps: kahmal
• Votic: kamahlo, kahmõlo, kahmalo

Further reading

• “kamal”, 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), “kahmalo”, 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