Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koskëlo

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 *kośka. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix

Noun

*koskëlo

1. merganser (Mergus)

Inflection

Inflection of *koskëlo

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*koskëlo	*koskëlot
accusative		*koskëlon	*koskëlot
genitive		*koskëlon	*koskëlodën *koskëloidën
partitive		*koskëlota	*koskëloita
inessive		*koskëlossa *koskëlohna	*koskëloissa *koskëloihna
elative		*koskëlosta	*koskëloista
illative		*koskëlosën	*koskëloisën
adessive		*koskëlolla	*koskëloilla
ablative		*koskëlolta	*koskëloilta
allative		*koskëlolën *koskëlolëk	*koskëloilën *koskëloilëk
essive		*koskëlona	*koskëloina
translative		*koskëloksi	*koskëloiksi
instructive		*koskëlon	*koskëloin
comitative		*koskëlonëk	*koskëloinëk
abessive		*koskëlotta	*koskëloitta

Descendants

• Finnish: koskelo
• Ingrian: koskelo
• Karelian: koskelo
• Livvi: koskelo
• Ludian: koskel

From *koskëla:

• Estonian: koskel
• Karelian: koskela

Further reading

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