Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keli
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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
Probably from earlier *keljä, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kel- (whence Latvian ceļš, Lithuanian kelias) and derived with + *-i.
Noun
*keli (Northern Finnic)
- weather conditions relating specifically to surfaces for travel (such as road conditions or skiing conditions)
Inflection
Inflection of *keli
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *keli | *kelit | |
| accusative | *kelin | *kelit | |
| genitive | *kelin | *keliden *kelejiden | |
| partitive | *kelidä | *kelejitä | |
| inessive | *kelissä *kelihnä |
*kelejissä *kelejihnä | |
| elative | *kelistä | *kelejistä | |
| illative | *kelihen | *kelejisen | |
| adessive | *kelillä | *kelejillä | |
| ablative | *keliltä | *kelejiltä | |
| allative | *kelilen *kelilek |
*kelejilen *kelejilek | |
| essive | *kelinä | *kelejinä | |
| translative | *keliksi | *kelejiksi | |
| instructive | *kelin | *kelejin | |
| comitative | *kelinek | *kelejinek | |
| abessive | *kelittä | *kelejittä | |
Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “keli”, 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