Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aisa

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 earlier *ajësa, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *ajesa. Compare Sanskrit ईषा (īṣā).

Noun

*aisa

1. shaft, thill (one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle)

Inflection

Inflection of *aisa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*aisa	*aisat
accusative		*aisan	*aisat
genitive		*aisan	*aisadën *aisoidën
partitive		*aisada	*aisoida
inessive		*aisassa *aisahna	*aisoissa *aisoihna
elative		*aisasta	*aisoista
illative		*aisahën	*aisoihën
adessive		*aisalla	*aisoilla
ablative		*aisalta	*aisoilta
allative		*aisalën *aisalëk	*aisoilën *aisoilëk
essive		*aisana	*aisoina
translative		*aisaksi	*aisoiksi
instructive		*aisan	*aisoin
comitative		*aisanëk	*aisoinëk
abessive		*aisatta	*aisoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ais
• Finnish: aisa
  • → Northern Sami: áisá
• Ingrian: aisa
• Karelian: aisa, aiža
• Livvi: aižu
• Ludian: aiž
• Veps: aiž, aižaz
• Votic: aisõ

Further reading

• “ais”, 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), “aisa”, 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