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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kainalo

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

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *kone + *ëla.

Noun

*kainalo

  1. armpit

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kaenal
  • Finnish: kainalo
  • Ingrian: kainalo
  • Karelian: kainalo
  • Livonian: kāinal
  • Livvi: kainalo
  • Ludian: kainal
  • Veps: kaimol
  • Võro: kainal
  • Votic: kainõlo

Further reading

  • kaenal in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), kainalo”, 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
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