Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paja
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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
editEtymology
editUncertain. Possibly from pre-Germanic *pago- (later Proto-Germanic *faką).
Noun
edit*paja
Inflection
editInflection of *paja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *paja | *pajat | |
| accusative | *pajan | *pajat | |
| genitive | *pajan | *pajadën *pajoidën | |
| partitive | *pajada | *pajoida | |
| inessive | *pajassa *pajahna |
*pajoissa *pajoihna | |
| elative | *pajasta | *pajoista | |
| illative | *pajahën | *pajoihën | |
| adessive | *pajalla | *pajoilla | |
| ablative | *pajalta | *pajoilta | |
| allative | *pajalën *pajalëk |
*pajoilën *pajoilëk | |
| essive | *pajana | *pajoina | |
| translative | *pajaksi | *pajoiksi | |
| instructive | *pajan | *pajoin | |
| comitative | *pajanëk | *pajoinëk | |
| abessive | *pajatta | *pajoitta | |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: paja
- Finnish: paja
- → Northern Sami: bádji
- Ingrian: paja
- Karelian: paja
- Livvi: paja
- Ludian: paja
- Veps: paja
- Võro: paja
- Votic: paja
Further reading
edit- “paja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012