Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aldas

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

Proto-Germanic *aldǭ +‎ *-(a)s; the ending is probably to align it with some other Germanic borrowings, as the reconstruction *aldaz is not supported by evidence in the Germanic languages.

Noun

*aldas (Northern Finnic)

1. trough

   Synonym: *kaukalo, *künä, *ruuhi

Inflection

Inflection of *aldas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*aldas	*altahët
accusative		*altahën	*altahët
genitive		*altahën	*aldastën *altahidën
partitive		*aldasta	*altahita
inessive		*altahëssa *altahëhna	*altahissa *altahihna
elative		*altahësta	*altahista
illative		*altahësën	*altahisën
adessive		*altahëlla	*altahilla
ablative		*altahëlta	*altahilta
allative		*altahëlën *altahëlëk	*altahilën *altahilëk
essive		*aldassa	*altahina
translative		*altahëksi	*altahiksi
instructive		*altahën	*altahin
comitative		*aldassëk	*altahinëk
abessive		*altahëtta	*altahitta

Descendants

• Finnish: allas
  • → Inari Sami: ääldis
• Ingrian: allas
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: allaš
  • South Karelian: (dialectal) allaš

Related terms

• *alto

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “allas”, 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