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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

  1. reel, spool

Inflection

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
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