Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këlo

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-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ (whence Old English ceole (throat, beak of a ship)).

Noun edit

*këlo (Northern Finnic)

  1. prow, bow (of a boat)

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Finnish: (dialectal) kelo

Further reading edit

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kelo”, 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