Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kataga

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

Unclear. The Baltic words might be borrowed from Finnic, or vice versa.

Noun

*kataga

1. juniper (tree)

Inflection

Inflection of *kataga

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kataga	*katagat
accusative		*katagan	*katagat
genitive		*katagan	*katagadën *katagoidën
partitive		*katagata	*katagoita
inessive		*katagassa *katagahna	*katagoissa *katagoihna
elative		*katagasta	*katagoista
illative		*katagasën	*katagoisën
adessive		*katagalla	*katagoilla
ablative		*katagalta	*katagoilta
allative		*katagalën *katagalëk	*katagoilën *katagoilëk
essive		*katagana	*katagoina
translative		*katagaksi	*katagoiksi
instructive		*katagan	*katagoin
comitative		*kataganëk	*katagoinëk
abessive		*katagatta	*katagoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kadakas
• Finnish: kataja, (dialectal) katava, kataa
• Ingrian: kataja
• Karelian: kataja, kadaja
• Livonian:
  • Courland Livonian: gadāgõz
  • Vidzeme Livonian: kadagi
• Livvi: kadai
• Ludian: kadai
• Veps: kadag
• Võro: katai
• Votic: katagõ, katajõ
• ? → Baltic:
  • Latvian: kadiķis
  • Lithuanian: kadagys
  • Old Prussian: kadegis
    • → German: (dialectal) Kaddig

References

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