Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këlta
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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 a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian geltas, Latvian dzelta.
Noun edit
*këlta
- yellow (color)
- species of club moss (Diphasiastrum complanatum) used for dyeing fabrics
Inflection edit
Inflection of *këlta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *këlta | *këldat | |
| accusative | *këldan | *këldat | |
| genitive | *këldan | *këltadën *këltoidën | |
| partitive | *këltada | *këltoida | |
| inessive | *këldassa *këldahna |
*këldoissa *këldoihna | |
| elative | *këldasta | *këldoista | |
| illative | *këltahën | *këltoihën | |
| adessive | *këldalla | *këldoilla | |
| ablative | *këldalta | *këldoilta | |
| allative | *këltalën *këltalëk |
*këltoilën *këltoilëk | |
| essive | *këltana | *këltoina | |
| translative | *këldaksi | *këldoiksi | |
| instructive | *këldan | *këldoin | |
| comitative | *këltanëk | *këltoinëk | |
| abessive | *këldatta | *këldoitta | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Estonian: kold, (dialectal) kõld
- Finnish: kelta
- Ingrian: (in compounds) kelta
- Karelian: kelta, kelda
- Livvi: keldu
- Ludian: keld
- Veps: keld, keud, küud
- Votic: kõltõ
Further reading edit
- “kold”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012