Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kainalo
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Uralic *kone + *ëla.
Noun
*kainalo[1]
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
References
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