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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapalo

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

From *kapala +‎ *-o, or the final *-o is by analogy with plural forms. No etymology for the root is known.

Noun

*kapalo

  1. swaddling clothes

Inflection
Inflection of *kapalo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kapalo *kapalot
accusative *kapalon *kapalot
genitive *kapalon *kapalodën
*kapaloidën
partitive *kapalota *kapaloita
inessive *kapalossa
*kapalohna		 *kapaloissa
*kapaloihna
elative *kapalosta *kapaloista
illative *kapalosën *kapaloisën
adessive *kapalolla *kapaloilla
ablative *kapalolta *kapaloilta
allative *kapalolën
*kapalolëk		 *kapaloilën
*kapaloilëk
essive *kapalona *kapaloina
translative *kapaloksi *kapaloiksi
instructive *kapalon *kapaloin
comitative *kapalonëk *kapaloinëk
abessive *kapalotta *kapaloitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: kapalo
    • → Inari Sami: kääppil
  • Ingrian: kapalo
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kabalo
  • Ludian: kabal
  • Veps: kabal
  • Votic: kapalod pl

From *kapala:

  • Estonian: kabalad pl (dialectal)

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kapalo”, 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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