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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kela
 | 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-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian -celes in word duceles ("cart") and Old Prussian kelan ("wheel")), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.
Noun
*kela
- reel, spool
Inflection
Inflection of *kela
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kela | *kelat | |
| accusative | *kelan | *kelat | |
| genitive | *kelan | *keladen *keloiden | |
| partitive | *kelada | *keloida | |
| inessive | *kelassa *kelahna | *keloissa *keloihna | |
| elative | *kelasta | *keloista | |
| illative | *kelahen | *keloihen | |
| adessive | *kelalla | *keloilla | |
| ablative | *kelalta | *keloilta | |
| allative | *kelalen *kelalek | *keloilen *keloilek | |
| essive | *kelana | *keloina | |
| translative | *kelaksi | *keloiksi | |
| instructive | *kelan | *keloin | |
| comitative | *kelanek | *keloinek | |
| abessive | *kelatta | *keloitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kõla
- Finnish: kela
- → Inari Sami: keeḷi
- → Northern Sami: gealli
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kela
- South Karelian: kela
- Livonian: kõla
- Livvi: kela
Further reading
- kõla in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kela”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN