Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/akja
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *agjō (“edge, corner”).
Noun edit
*akja
Inflection edit
Inflection of *akja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *akja | *akjat | |
| accusative | *akjan | *akjat | |
| genitive | *akjan | *akjadën *akjoidën | |
| partitive | *akjada | *akjoida | |
| inessive | *akjassa *akjahna |
*akjoissa *akjoihna | |
| elative | *akjasta | *akjoista | |
| illative | *akjahën | *akjoihën | |
| adessive | *akjalla | *akjoilla | |
| ablative | *akjalta | *akjoilta | |
| allative | *akjalën *akjalëk |
*akjoilën *akjoilëk | |
| essive | *akjana | *akjoina | |
| translative | *akjaksi | *akjoiksi | |
| instructive | *akjan | *akjoin | |
| comitative | *akjanëk | *akjoinëk | |
| abessive | *akjatta | *akjoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Livonian: aigā (“shore, edge, place, side”) (via consonantal metathesis)
- →? Sudovian: ajga (“end”)
- Estonian: ai (“hem of a skirt or shirt”)
- → Swedish: ai, aina, nai (Estonian Swedish)
- Finnish: aaja (“large, wide; large area”) (dialectal)
- Livvi: agju (“edge, end, border”)
- Ludian: agď (“tip, end”)
- Veps: aǵj (“tip, piece, end”)
Further reading edit
- “ai”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012