Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëla

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-Permic *melä.

Noun

*mëla

1. paddle, oar

Inflection

Inflection of *mëla

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*mëla	*mëlat
accusative		*mëlan	*mëlat
genitive		*mëlan	*mëladën *mëloidën
partitive		*mëlada	*mëloida
inessive		*mëlassa *mëlahna	*mëloissa *mëloihna
elative		*mëlasta	*mëloista
illative		*mëlahën	*mëloihën
adessive		*mëlalla	*mëloilla
ablative		*mëlalta	*mëloilta
allative		*mëlalën *mëlalëk	*mëloilën *mëloilëk
essive		*mëlana	*mëloina
translative		*mëlaksi	*mëloiksi
instructive		*mëlan	*mëloin
comitative		*mëlanëk	*mëloinëk
abessive		*mëlatta	*mëloitta

Descendants

• Estonian: mõla
• Finnish: mela
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: mela
  • South Karelian: mela
• Livonian: mõlā
• Livvi: mela
• Ludian: mela
• Veps: mela
• Võro: mõla
• Votic: mõla

Further reading

• “mõla”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1411 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.