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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognates include Proto-Samic *kielë, Proto-Mordvinic *keľ.
Noun
*keeli[1]
- tongue
- language
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*keeli
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*keelet
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accusative
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*keelen
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*keelet
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genitive
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*keelen
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*keelden *keeliden
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partitive
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*keeltä
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*keelidä
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inessive
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*keelessä *keelehnä
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*keelissä *keelihnä
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elative
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*keelestä
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*keelistä
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illative
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*keelehen
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*keelihen
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adessive
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*keelellä
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*keelillä
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ablative
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*keeleltä
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*keeliltä
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allative
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*keelelen *keelelek
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*keelilen *keelilek
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essive
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*keellä
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*keelinä
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translative
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*keeleksi
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*keeliksi
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instructive
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*keelen
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*keelin
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comitative
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*keellek
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*keelinek
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abessive
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*keelettä
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*keelittä
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*keeli”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)