Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këllo
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”) (whence German Schelle).
Noun
[edit]*këllo
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *këllo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *këllo | *këllot | |
| accusative | *këllon | *këllot | |
| genitive | *këllon | *këllodën *këlloidën | |
| partitive | *këlloda | *këlloida | |
| inessive | *këllossa *këllohna |
*këlloissa *këlloihna | |
| elative | *këllosta | *këlloista | |
| illative | *këllohën | *këlloihën | |
| adessive | *këllolla | *këlloilla | |
| ablative | *këllolta | *këlloilta | |
| allative | *këllolën *këllolëk |
*këlloilën *këlloilëk | |
| essive | *këllona | *këlloina | |
| translative | *këlloksi | *këlloiksi | |
| instructive | *këllon | *këlloin | |
| comitative | *këllonëk | *këlloinëk | |
| abessive | *këllotta | *këlloitta | |
Descendants
[edit]From *këllo:
- Estonian: (dialectal) kell
- Finnish: kello
- Ingrian: kello
- Karelian: kello
- Livvi: kello
- Ludian: kell
- Veps: kel, kelo
- Votic: tšello
From *kellä:
Further reading
[edit]- “kell”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012