Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/äijä
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *äjjä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ājjē, *ājjā.
Noun
*äijä[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *äijä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *äijä | *äijät | |
| accusative | *äijän | *äijät | |
| genitive | *äijän | *äijäden *äijeiden | |
| partitive | *äijädä | *äijeidä | |
| inessive | *äijässä *äijähnä |
*äijeissä *äijeihnä | |
| elative | *äijästä | *äijeistä | |
| illative | *äijähen | *äijeihen | |
| adessive | *äijällä | *äijeillä | |
| ablative | *äijältä | *äijeiltä | |
| allative | *äijälen *äijälek |
*äijeilen *äijeilek | |
| essive | *äijänä | *äijeinä | |
| translative | *äijäksi | *äijeiksi | |
| instructive | *äijän | *äijein | |
| comitative | *äijänek | *äijeinek | |
| abessive | *äijättä | *äijeittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: äi
- Finnish: äijä
- Ingrian: äijä
- Karelian:
- Livvi: äijy
- Ludian: äij
- Veps: äi
- Võro: äi
- Votic: äjje, ädʹdʹe
References
Further reading
- “äi”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012