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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kello

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic *skellǭ (bell) (whence German Schelle).

Noun

*kello

  1. bell

Inflection

Descendants

From *kello:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kell
  • Finnish: kello
  • Ingrian: kello
  • Karelian: kello
  • Livvi: kello
  • Ludian: kell
  • Veps: kel, kelo
  • Votic: tšello

From *kellä:

  • Estonian: kell
  • Livonian: kīela
  • Võro: kell
  • Votic: tšellä

Further reading

  • kell in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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