Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koolëk

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-Ugric *kälä- (to wade) +‎ *-ëk.

Noun

*koolëk[1]

  1. ford, drift (shallow place in a river or stream where one can cross it)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: koole

From *koolëma (with *-ma instead of *-ëk):

From *koolu (with *-u instead of *-ëk):

References

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

Further reading

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