Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kekäleh
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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
Unknown.
Noun
*kekäleh
- ember (glowing piece of coal or wood)
Inflection
Inflection of *kekäleh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kekäleh | *kekälehet | |
| accusative | *kekälehen | *kekälehet | |
| genitive | *kekälehen | *kekälehten *kekälehiden | |
| partitive | *kekälehtä | *kekälehidä | |
| inessive | *kekälehessä *kekälehehnä |
*kekälehissä *kekälehihnä | |
| elative | *kekälehestä | *kekälehistä | |
| illative | *kekälehehen | *kekälehihen | |
| adessive | *kekälehellä | *kekälehillä | |
| ablative | *kekäleheltä | *kekälehiltä | |
| allative | *kekälehelen *kekälehelek |
*kekälehilen *kekälehilek | |
| essive | *kekälehenä | *kekälehinä | |
| translative | *kekäleheksi | *kekälehiksi | |
| instructive | *kekälehen | *kekälehin | |
| comitative | *kekälehenek | *kekälehinek | |
| abessive | *kekälehettä | *kekälehittä | |
Descendants
- Finnish: kekäle
- Ingrian: kekele, kekel, kekelä, kekäle, kekälä
- Karelian: kekäleh
- Livvi: kegäleh
- Ludian: kegäleh
- Veps: kegaleh, kegäleh
- Votic: (Pummala) tšütšäle, tšütšäl- (in compounds: tšütšälpuu, tšütšälpää)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kekäle”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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