Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këla

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 [Term?] (whence Latvian -celes in word duceles ("cart") and Old Prussian kelan ("wheel")), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.

Noun

*këla

1. reel, spool

Inflection

Inflection of *këla

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*këla	*këlat
accusative		*këlan	*këlat
genitive		*këlan	*këladën *këloidën
partitive		*këlada	*këloida
inessive		*këlassa *këlahna	*këloissa *këloihna
elative		*këlasta	*këloista
illative		*këlahën	*këloihën
adessive		*këlalla	*këloilla
ablative		*këlalta	*këloilta
allative		*këlalën *këlalëk	*këloilën *këloilëk
essive		*këlana	*këloina
translative		*këlaksi	*këloiksi
instructive		*këlan	*këloin
comitative		*këlanëk	*këloinëk
abessive		*këlatta	*këloitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kõla
• Finnish: kela
  • → Inari Sami: keeḷi
  • → Northern Sami: gealli
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kela
  • South Karelian: kela
• Livonian: kõla
• Livvi: kela

Further reading

• “kõla”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kela”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN