Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëla

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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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *melä, with secondary backing.

Noun

*mëla[1]

  1. paddle, oar

Inflection

Descendants

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

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mëla”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • mõla”, in 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.