Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kallijo

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-Germanic *hallijǭ (whence Old Norse hella).

Noun

*kallijo

  1. rock (hill or island without vegetation)
  2. outcrop (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kalju
  • Finnish: kallio
    • Proto-Samic: *kāllijā
      • Ume Sami: [Term?] (gàllòi, gå̀llija)
      • Pite Sami: [Term?] (kaalˈluo)
      • Inari Sami: källee
      • Skolt Sami: kaʹlli
      • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (kaᵢllij)
      • Kildin Sami: коа̄лле (kåållje) (< коаллей (kålljej))
      • Ter Sami: калле (kâllʼe)
  • Ingrian: kallio
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kallivo
  • Ludian: kallij, kalliv
  • Veps: kal
  • Votic: kallo

Further reading

  • kalju”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kāllijā”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland