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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këlo

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ (whence Old English ceole (“throat, beak of a ship”)).

Noun

*këlo (Northern Finnic)

  1. prow, bow (of a boat)

Inflection
Inflection of *këlo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *këlo *këlot
accusative *këlon *këlot
genitive *këlon *këlodën
*këloidën
partitive *këloda *këloida
inessive *këlossa
*këlohna		 *këloissa
*këloihna
elative *këlosta *këloista
illative *këlohën *këloihën
adessive *këlolla *këloilla
ablative *këlolta *këloilta
allative *këlolën
*këlolëk		 *këloilën
*këloilëk
essive *këlona *këloina
translative *këloksi *këloiksi
instructive *këlon *këloin
comitative *këlonëk *këloinëk
abessive *këlotta *këloitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: (dialectal) kelo

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kelo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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