< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/eklen
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
*eklen
- yesterday
Descendants
- Estonian: eile
- Finnish: eilen
- Ingrian: eglee, egle, eglen
- Karelian: eklen (Northern), eglen (Southern)
- Livonian: e’gli
- Võro: eeläq
- Votic: eglee
From *eklein, *ekläin:
- Karelian: eklein (Northern), eglein, egläin (Southern)
- Livvi: egläi
- Ludian: egläi
- Veps: eglai
Further reading
- eile in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN