Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këllo

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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]

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (bell) (whence German Schelle).

Noun[edit]

*këllo

  1. bell

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

From *këllo:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kell
  • Finnish: kello
  • Ingrian: kello
  • Karelian: kello
  • Livvi: kello
  • Ludian: kell
  • Veps: kel, kelo
  • Votic: tšello

From *kellä:

Further reading[edit]

  • kell”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012