Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paljo
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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 a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *felu (compare German viel, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu)), a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *boľьjь or an inherited word from Proto-Uralic *paljɜ (compare Eastern Mari [script needed] (pülä), Eastern Mansi [script needed] (pőĺ), Tundra Nenets [script needed] (paĺ)). None of the aforementioned theories is certain.
Adjective edit
*paljo
- plenty, voluminous, a lot (of), much
Declension edit
Inflection of *paljo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *paljo | *paljot | |
| accusative | *paljon | *paljot | |
| genitive | *paljon | *paljodën *paljoidën | |
| partitive | *paljoda | *paljoida | |
| inessive | *paljossa *paljohna |
*paljoissa *paljoihna | |
| elative | *paljosta | *paljoista | |
| illative | *paljohën | *paljoihën | |
| adessive | *paljolla | *paljoilla | |
| ablative | *paljolta | *paljoilta | |
| allative | *paljolën *paljolëk |
*paljoilën *paljoilëk | |
| essive | *paljona | *paljoina | |
| translative | *paljoksi | *paljoiksi | |
| instructive | *paljon | *paljoin | |
| comitative | *paljonëk | *paljoinëk | |
| abessive | *paljotta | *paljoitta | |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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
- “palju”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012