Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/patja

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-Germanic *badją.

Noun

*patja

1. pillow, cushion
2. mattress

Inflection

Inflection of *patja

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*patja	*patjat
accusative		*patjan	*patjat
genitive		*patjan	*patjadën *patjoidën
partitive		*patjada	*patjoida
inessive		*patjassa *patjahna	*patjoissa *patjoihna
elative		*patjasta	*patjoista
illative		*patjahën	*patjoihën
adessive		*patjalla	*patjoilla
ablative		*patjalta	*patjoilta
allative		*patjalën *patjalëk	*patjoilën *patjoilëk
essive		*patjana	*patjoina
translative		*patjaksi	*patjoiksi
instructive		*patjan	*patjoin
comitative		*patjanëk	*patjoinëk
abessive		*patjatta	*patjoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: padi
• Finnish: patja
• Karelian: patja
• Livonian: (Courland) paḑā, (Salaca) pade
• Võro: padi

Further reading

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