Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koolëk

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 *kälä- (“to wade”) +‎ *-ëk.

Noun

*koolëk

1. ford, drift (shallow place in a river or stream where one can cross it)

Inflection

Inflection of *koolëk

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*koolëk	*koolëgët
accusative		*koolëgën	*koolëgët
genitive		*koolëgën	*koolëgëdën *koolëgidën
partitive		*koolëgëta	*koolëgita
inessive		*koolëgëssa *koolëgëhna	*koolëgissa *koolëgihna
elative		*koolëgësta	*koolëgista
illative		*koolëgësën	*koolëgisën
adessive		*koolëgëlla	*koolëgilla
ablative		*koolëgëlta	*koolëgilta
allative		*koolëgëlën *koolëgëlëk	*koolëgilën *koolëgilëk
essive		*koolëgëna	*koolëgina
translative		*koolëgëksi	*koolëgiksi
instructive		*koolëgën	*koolëgin
comitative		*koolëgënëk	*koolëginëk
abessive		*koolëgëtta	*koolëgitta

Descendants

• Estonian: koole
• Livonian: ⇒ kūoļma

Further reading

• “koole”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012