Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kolo

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolɜ.

Noun

*kolo

1. hole

Inflection

Inflection of *kolo

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kolo	*kolot
accusative		*kolon	*kolot
genitive		*kolon	*kolodën *koloidën
partitive		*koloda	*koloida
inessive		*kolossa *kolohna	*koloissa *koloihna
elative		*kolosta	*koloista
illative		*kolohën	*koloihën
adessive		*kololla	*koloilla
ablative		*kololta	*koloilta
allative		*kololën *kololëk	*koloilën *koloilëk
essive		*kolona	*koloina
translative		*koloksi	*koloiksi
instructive		*kolon	*koloin
comitative		*kolonëk	*koloinëk
abessive		*kolotta	*koloitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kolu
• Finnish: kolo
• ⇒ Ingrian: koloi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kolo
  • South Karelian: kolo
• Livvi: kolo
• Ludian: kolo
• Veps: kolo
• Võro: kol'o

Further reading

• “kolu”, 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), “kolo”, 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