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 edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

*kakla

  1. neck

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

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