Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kälü

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 Proto-Uralic *kälew. Cognates include Proto-Samic *kālōjeannē, Moksha кел (kel), Komi-Zyrian кев (kev, sister-in-law).

Noun

*kälü[1]

  1. brother's wife, husband's brother's wife; sister-in-law

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: käli
  • Finnish: käly
  • Ingrian: käly
  • Karelian: käly
  • Livonian: kä'l
  • Livvi: käly
  • Ludian: kälü
  • Veps: kälü
  • Võro: kälü
  • Votic: tšälü

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kälü”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • käli”, 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), “käly”, 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