Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nojëla

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Inari Sami njuoijâl, njyeijil), further origin unknown.

Adjective

*nojëla

1. (Northern Finnic) flexible, bendy

Inflection

Inflection of *nojëla

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*nojëla	*nojëlat
accusative		*nojëlan	*nojëlat
genitive		*nojëlan	*nojëladën *nojëloidën
partitive		*nojëlata	*nojëloita
inessive		*nojëlassa *nojëlahna	*nojëloissa *nojëloihna
elative		*nojëlasta	*nojëloista
illative		*nojëlasën	*nojëloisën
adessive		*nojëlalla	*nojëloilla
ablative		*nojëlalta	*nojëloilta
allative		*nojëlalën *nojëlalëk	*nojëloilën *nojëloilëk
essive		*nojëlana	*nojëloina
translative		*nojëlaksi	*nojëloiksi
instructive		*nojëlan	*nojëloin
comitative		*nojëlanëk	*nojëloinëk
abessive		*nojëlatta	*nojëloitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) nojela
• Veps: nojel

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “nojela”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN