Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kamahlo
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Uncertain. According to SSA, probably sound-symbolic.[1] Compare also Erzya коморо (komoro), Moksha комор (komor, “fistful”).
Noun
*kamahlo[2]
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
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kahmalo”, 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
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kamahlo”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “kamal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012