Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/küünel
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Uralic *küńele. The long vowel is unexpected, but has been explained as being from earlier *küinel, where the diphthong would have originated from the influence of the original palatal nasal. Cognates include Proto-Samic *këńël.
Noun[edit]
*küünel
- tear (eye liquid)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *küünel
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *küünel | *küünelet | |
| accusative | *küünelen | *küünelet | |
| genitive | *küünelen | *küünelden *küüneliden | |
| partitive | *küüneltä | *küünelitä | |
| inessive | *küünelessä *küünelehnä |
*küünelissä *küünelihnä | |
| elative | *küünelestä | *küünelistä | |
| illative | *küünelesen | *küünelisen | |
| adessive | *küünelellä | *küünelillä | |
| ablative | *küüneleltä | *küüneliltä | |
| allative | *küünelelen *küünelelek |
*küünelilen *küünelilek | |
| essive | *küünellä | *küünelinä | |
| translative | *küüneleksi | *küüneliksi | |
| instructive | *küünelen | *küünelin | |
| comitative | *küünellek | *küünelinek | |
| abessive | *küünelettä | *küünelittä | |
Descendants[edit]
- Finnish: kyynel, kyynele
- Ingrian: kyynel
- Karelian: kyynel
- Livonian: kīņḑõl
- Livvi: kyynäl
- Ludian: küünäl
- Veps: kündal'
- Votic: tšüünel