Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/külä

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *külä (dwelling). Cognates include Northern Sami gallet (to visit) and Northern Mansi кол (kol, house).

Noun

*külä[1]

  1. village

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: küla
  • Finnish: kylä
  • Ingrian: kylä
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian:
    • Courland Livonian: kilā
    • Vidzeme Livonian: ķula
  • Livvi: kylä
  • Ludian: külä
  • Veps: külä
  • Võro: külä
  • Votic: tšülä

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*külä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)