Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keeli

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-Uralic *käle. Cognates include Proto-Samic *kielë, Proto-Mordvinic *keľ.

Noun

*keeli[1]

  1. tongue
  2. language

Inflection

Inflection of *keeli
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *keeli *keelet
accusative *keelen *keelet
genitive *keelen *keelden
*keeliden
partitive *keeltä *keelidä
inessive *keelessä
*keelehnä 		*keelissä
*keelihnä
elative *keelestä *keelistä
illative *keelehen *keelihen
adessive *keelellä *keelillä
ablative *keeleltä *keeliltä
allative *keelelen
*keelelek 		*keelilen
*keelilek
essive *keellä *keelinä
translative *keeleksi *keeliksi
instructive *keelen *keelin
comitative *keellek *keelinek
abessive *keelettä *keelittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: keel
  • Finnish: kieli
  • Ingrian: keeli, keel
  • Karelian: kieli
  • Livonian:
    • Courland Livonian: kēļ
    • Vidzeme Livonian: kiel
  • Livvi: kieli
  • Ludian: kielʹ
  • Veps: kel'
  • Võro: kiil'
  • Votic: tšeeli

References

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