Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jata

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.

Noun

*jata

1. line of fishnets that are connected together
2. line, row

Inflection

Inflection of *jata

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*jata	*jadat
accusative		*jadan	*jadat
genitive		*jadan	*jatadën *jatoidën
partitive		*jatada	*jatoida
inessive		*jadassa *jadahna	*jadoissa *jadoihna
elative		*jadasta	*jadoista
illative		*jatahën	*jatoihën
adessive		*jadalla	*jadoilla
ablative		*jadalta	*jadoilta
allative		*jatalën *jatalëk	*jatoilën *jatoilëk
essive		*jatana	*jatoina
translative		*jadaksi	*jadoiksi
instructive		*jadan	*jadoin
comitative		*jatanëk	*jatoinëk
abessive		*jadatta	*jadoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: jada
• Finnish: jata
  • →? Northern Sami: jáhti
• Karelian: jata
• Livonian: jadā

Further reading

• “jada”, 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), “jata”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN