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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kamahlo

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

Unknown, probably sound-symbolic.

Noun

*kamahlo

  1. cupped hands

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kamal
  • Finnish: kahmalo, (dialectal) kamahlo
  • Ingrian: kahmola
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kamahlo
    • South Karelian: kamahlo
  • Livonian: kǭmal
  • Livvi: kahmalo
  • Ludian: kamahl, kahmal
  • Veps: kahmal
  • Votic: kamahlo, kahmõlo, kahmalo

Further reading

  • kamal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kahmalo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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