Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tëla

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą.

Noun

*tëla

1. roller (one of a set of round logs used to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs)

   Synonym: *kalju

2. log or other piece of wood used as support to keep something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood from directly touching the ground

Inflection

Inflection of *tëla

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tëla	*tëlat
accusative		*tëlan	*tëlat
genitive		*tëlan	*tëladën *tëloidën
partitive		*tëlada	*tëloida
inessive		*tëlassa *tëlahna	*tëloissa *tëloihna
elative		*tëlasta	*tëloista
illative		*tëlahën	*tëloihën
adessive		*tëlalla	*tëloilla
ablative		*tëlalta	*tëloilta
allative		*tëlalën *tëlalëk	*tëloilën *tëloilëk
essive		*tëlana	*tëloina
translative		*tëlaksi	*tëloiksi
instructive		*tëlan	*tëloin
comitative		*tëlanëk	*tëloinëk
abessive		*tëlatta	*tëloitta

Descendants

• Finnish: tela
  • →? Estonian: tela
• Ingrian: tela
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: tela
  • South Karelian: tela
• Livvi: tela
• Ludian: tela
• Veps: tela

Further reading

• “tela”, 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), “tela”, 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