Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paju
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Uralic *pajiw.
Noun edit
*paju
- willow (tree)
Inflection edit
Inflection of *paju
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *paju | *pajut | |
| accusative | *pajun | *pajut | |
| genitive | *pajun | *pajudën *pajuidën | |
| partitive | *pajuda | *pajuida | |
| inessive | *pajussa *pajuhna |
*pajuissa *pajuihna | |
| elative | *pajusta | *pajuista | |
| illative | *pajuhën | *pajuihën | |
| adessive | *pajulla | *pajuilla | |
| ablative | *pajulta | *pajuilta | |
| allative | *pajulën *pajulëk |
*pajuilën *pajuilëk | |
| essive | *pajuna | *pajuina | |
| translative | *pajuksi | *pajuiksi | |
| instructive | *pajun | *pajuin | |
| comitative | *pajunëk | *pajuinëk | |
| abessive | *pajutta | *pajuitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: paju
- Finnish: paju
- Ingrian: paju
- Karelian: paju
- Livonian: pa’i
- Livvi: paju
- Ludian: paju
- Veps: paju
- Võro: pai
- Votic: paju
References edit
- “paju”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012