Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kamahlo
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editUnknown, probably sound-symbolic. Compare also Erzya коморо (komoro), Moksha комор (komor, “fistful”).
Noun
edit*kamahlo
Inflection
editInflection of *kamahlo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kamahlo | *kamahlot | |
accusative | *kamahlon | *kamahlot | |
genitive | *kamahlon | *kamahlodën *kamahloidën | |
partitive | *kamahlota | *kamahloita | |
inessive | *kamahlossa *kamahlohna |
*kamahloissa *kamahloihna | |
elative | *kamahlosta | *kamahloista | |
illative | *kamahlosën | *kamahloisën | |
adessive | *kamahlolla | *kamahloilla | |
ablative | *kamahlolta | *kamahloilta | |
allative | *kamahlolën *kamahlolëk |
*kamahloilën *kamahloilëk | |
essive | *kamahlona | *kamahloina | |
translative | *kamahloksi | *kamahloiksi | |
instructive | *kamahlon | *kamahloin | |
comitative | *kamahlonëk | *kamahloinëk | |
abessive | *kamahlotta | *kamahloitta |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: kamal
- Finnish: kahmalo, (dialectal) kamahlo
- Ingrian: kahmola
- Karelian:
- Livonian: kǭmal
- Livvi: kahmalo
- Ludian: kamahl, kahmal
- Veps: kahmal
- Votic: kamahlo, kahmõlo, kahmalo
Further reading
edit- “kamal”, 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), “kahmalo”, 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