Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kallis

Etymology
The shape of the word suggests borrowing, but the exact origin remains unclear. Plötz (2013) suggests derivation either from some Baltic or Germanic descendant of (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), through a meaning "high (in price)", or as a late loan from an Eastern Norse descendant of  (compare 🇨🇬).

Earlier other Germanic loan etymologies have been proposed, with problems either in semantics (compare ) or phonetics ( seen in, from ).

Adjective

 * 1) expensive
 * 2) dear, precious, beloved

Descendants

 * North Karelian:
 * South Karelian:
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 * South Karelian:
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 * South Karelian: