Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haltijas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚺᚨᛚᛞᛁᛃᚨᛉ (*haldijaʀ, “holder”).

Noun

*haltijas

1. spirit, supernatural being

Inflection

Inflection of *haltijas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*haltijas	*haltijasët
accusative		*haltijasën	*haltijasët
genitive		*haltijasën	*haltijastën *haltijasidën
partitive		*haltijasta	*haltijasida
inessive		*haltijasëssa *haltijasëhna	*haltijasissa *haltijasihna
elative		*haltijasësta	*haltijasista
illative		*haltijasëhën	*haltijasihën
adessive		*haltijasëlla	*haltijasilla
ablative		*haltijasëlta	*haltijasilta
allative		*haltijasëlën *haltijasëlëk	*haltijasilën *haltijasilëk
essive		*haltijassa	*haltijasina
translative		*haltijasëksi	*haltijasiksi
instructive		*haltijasën	*haltijasin
comitative		*haltijassëk	*haltijasinëk
abessive		*haltijasëtta	*haltijasitta

Descendants

• Estonian: haldjas
• Finnish: haltija, haltia
  • → Inari Sami: häldee
  • → Lule Sami: hállde
  • → Northern Sami: háldi
• Ingrian: haltias
  • → Votic: haltiaz
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: haltie
  • South Karelian: haldie
• Livvi: haldii
• Ludian: halgij
• Votic: (Kattila) altiaz, (Lempola) altia

Further reading

• “haldjas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012