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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vetelä

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 *vete +‎ *-lä.

Adjective

*vetelä

  1. watery, thin (of low viscosity)
  2. squishy

Inflection
Inflection of *vetelä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vetelä *vetelät
accusative *vetelän *vetelät
genitive *vetelän *veteläden
*veteleiden
partitive *vetelätä *veteleitä
inessive *vetelässä
*vetelähnä		 *veteleissä
*veteleihnä
elative *vetelästä *veteleistä
illative *veteläsen *veteleisen
adessive *vetelällä *veteleillä
ablative *vetelältä *veteleiltä
allative *vetelälen
*vetelälek		 *veteleilen
*veteleilek
essive *vetelänä *veteleinä
translative *veteläksi *veteleiksi
instructive *vetelän *vetelein
comitative *vetelänek *veteleinek
abessive *vetelättä *veteleittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: vedel
  • Finnish: vetelä
  • Ingrian: vetelä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vetelä
    • South Karelian: vedelä
  • Livonian: vie’ddõl
  • Livvi: vedel
  • Ludian: vedel
  • Võro: vetel'
  • Votic: vetele

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vetelä”, 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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