Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jalaga
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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
Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Slavic *elьxa, *olьxa (“alder”).
Noun edit
*jalaga
Inflection edit
Inflection of *jalaga
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jalaga | *jalagat | |
| accusative | *jalagan | *jalagat | |
| genitive | *jalagan | *jalagadën *jalagoidën | |
| partitive | *jalagata | *jalagoita | |
| inessive | *jalagassa *jalagahna |
*jalagoissa *jalagoihna | |
| elative | *jalagasta | *jalagoista | |
| illative | *jalagasën | *jalagoisën | |
| adessive | *jalagalla | *jalagoilla | |
| ablative | *jalagalta | *jalagoilta | |
| allative | *jalagalën *jalagalëk |
*jalagoilën *jalagoilëk | |
| essive | *jalagana | *jalagoina | |
| translative | *jalagaksi | *jalagoiksi | |
| instructive | *jalagan | *jalagoin | |
| comitative | *jalaganëk | *jalagoinëk | |
| abessive | *jalagatta | *jalagoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: jalakas
- Finnish: jalava
- Ingrian: jalaja
- Ludian: d'alai
- Veps: jalam
- Võro: jallai
- Votic: jalajõ, (Pummala) jalaja, jalaga, (Pummala) jalakka
- Kukkuzi: jalakka
Further reading edit
- “jalakas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012