Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kakla

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 *kaklas (compare Lithuanian kaklas), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos, replacing inherited *sepä (from Proto-Uralic *śepä) in this meaning. Doublet with *kekri, possibly more distantly also with *kulkëdak.

Noun

*kakla[1]

  1. neck

Inflection

Inflection of *kakla
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kakla *kaklat
accusative *kaklan *kaklat
genitive *kaklan *kakladën
*kakloidën
partitive *kaklada *kakloida
inessive *kaklassa
*kaklahna 		*kakloissa
*kakloihna
elative *kaklasta *kakloista
illative *kaklahën *kakloihën
adessive *kaklalla *kakloilla
ablative *kaklalta *kakloilta
allative *kaklalën
*kaklalëk 		*kakloilën
*kakloilëk
essive *kaklana *kakloina
translative *kaklaksi *kakloiksi
instructive *kaklan *kakloin
comitative *kaklanëk *kakloinëk
abessive *kaklatta *kakloitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: kael
  • Finnish: kaula
  • Ingrian: kagla
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: kaggõl
  • Livvi: kaglu
  • Ludian: kagl
  • Veps: kagl
  • Võro: kaal
  • Votic: kaglõ

Further reading

  • “kael”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

References

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