Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/harjus
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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
Probably from *harja + *-us. Alternatively, and less likely, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harzuz (whence Swedish harr).
Noun
*harjus
Inflection
Inflection of *harjus
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *harjus | *harjuksët | |
| accusative | *harjuksën | *harjuksët | |
| genitive | *harjuksën | *harjustën *harjuksidën | |
| partitive | *harjusta | *harjuksita | |
| inessive | *harjuksëssa *harjuksëhna |
*harjuksissa *harjuksihna | |
| elative | *harjuksësta | *harjuksista | |
| illative | *harjuksësën | *harjuksisën | |
| adessive | *harjuksëlla | *harjuksilla | |
| ablative | *harjuksëlta | *harjuksilta | |
| allative | *harjuksëlën *harjuksëlëk |
*harjuksilën *harjuksilëk | |
| essive | *harjussa | *harjuksina | |
| translative | *harjuksëksi | *harjuksiksi | |
| instructive | *harjuksën | *harjuksin | |
| comitative | *harjussëk | *harjuksinëk | |
| abessive | *harjuksëtta | *harjuksitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: harjus
- Finnish: harjus
- Karelian: harjus
- Livvi: harjus
- Ludian: har'duz
- Veps: hargus, hargos
- → Russian: хариус (xarius)
Further reading
- “hari”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012