Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/apaja
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ, compare Old Norse efja. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuopējē.
Noun
*apaja[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *apaja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *apaja | *apajat | |
| accusative | *apajan | *apajat | |
| genitive | *apajan | *apajadën *apajoidën | |
| partitive | *apajata | *apajoita | |
| inessive | *apajassa *apajahna |
*apajoissa *apajoihna | |
| elative | *apajasta | *apajoista | |
| illative | *apajasën | *apajoisën | |
| adessive | *apajalla | *apajoilla | |
| ablative | *apajalta | *apajoilta | |
| allative | *apajalën *apajalëk |
*apajoilën *apajoilëk | |
| essive | *apajana | *apajoina | |
| translative | *apajaksi | *apajoiksi | |
| instructive | *apajan | *apajoin | |
| comitative | *apajanëk | *apajoinëk | |
| abessive | *apajatta | *apajoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: abajas
- Finnish: apaja
- Ingrian: apaja
- Karelian:
- Livvi: abai
- Ludian: abai
- Veps: abai
- Votic: apajõ
References
Further reading
- “abajas”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012