Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këla
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian -celes in word duceles ("cart") and Old Prussian kelan ("wheel")), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.
Noun
*këla[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *këla
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *këla | *këlat | |
| accusative | *këlan | *këlat | |
| genitive | *këlan | *këladën *këloidën | |
| partitive | *këlada | *këloida | |
| inessive | *këlassa *këlahna |
*këloissa *këloihna | |
| elative | *këlasta | *këloista | |
| illative | *këlahën | *këloihën | |
| adessive | *këlalla | *këloilla | |
| ablative | *këlalta | *këloilta | |
| allative | *këlalën *këlalëk |
*këloilën *këloilëk | |
| essive | *këlana | *këloina | |
| translative | *këlaksi | *këloiksi | |
| instructive | *këlan | *këloin | |
| comitative | *këlanëk | *këloinëk | |
| abessive | *këlatta | *këloitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kõla
- Finnish: kela
- → Inari Sami: keeḷi
- → Northern Sami: gealli
- Karelian:
- Livonian: kõla
- Livvi: kela
References
Further reading
- “kõla”, 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), “kela”, 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