Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keli

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

Probably from earlier *keljä, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *keljas (whence Latvian ceļš, Lithuanian kelias) and derived with +‎ *-i.

Noun

*keli (Northern Finnic)

  1. weather conditions relating specifically to surfaces for travel (such as road conditions or skiing conditions)

Inflection

Inflection of *keli
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *keli *kelit
accusative *kelin *kelit
genitive *kelin *keliden
*kelejiden
partitive *kelidä *kelejitä
inessive *kelissä
*kelihnä 		*kelejissä
*kelejihnä
elative *kelistä *kelejistä
illative *kelihen *kelejisen
adessive *kelillä *kelejillä
ablative *keliltä *kelejiltä
allative *kelilen
*kelilek 		*kelejilen
*kelejilek
essive *kelinä *kelejinä
translative *keliksi *kelejiksi
instructive *kelin *kelejin
comitative *kelinek *kelejinek
abessive *kelittä *kelejittä

Descendants

  • Finnish: keli
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: keli
    • South Karelian: keli
  • Livvi: keli
  • Ludian: keli

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “keli”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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