Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalvo

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-Finno-Ugric *kaĺwɜ (compare Northern Khanty [script needed] (χăĺəw), Northern Mansi [script needed] (χaĺəp), Hungarian hályog).

Noun

*kalvo

  1. membrane
    Synonym: *kelmeh

Inflection

Inflection of *kalvo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kalvo *kalvot
accusative *kalvon *kalvot
genitive *kalvon *kalvodën
*kalvoidën
partitive *kalvoda *kalvoida
inessive *kalvossa
*kalvohna 		*kalvoissa
*kalvoihna
elative *kalvosta *kalvoista
illative *kalvohën *kalvoihën
adessive *kalvolla *kalvoilla
ablative *kalvolta *kalvoilta
allative *kalvolën
*kalvolëk 		*kalvoilën
*kalvoilëk
essive *kalvona *kalvoina
translative *kalvoksi *kalvoiksi
instructive *kalvon *kalvoin
comitative *kalvonëk *kalvoinëk
abessive *kalvotta *kalvoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kalu, kõlu, kale
  • Finnish: kalvo
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kalvo
  • Votic: kalvo

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kalvo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
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