Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raja
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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
Noun
*raja
Inflection
Inflection of *raja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *raja | *rajat | |
| accusative | *rajan | *rajat | |
| genitive | *rajan | *rajadën *rajoidën | |
| partitive | *rajada | *rajoida | |
| inessive | *rajassa *rajahna |
*rajoissa *rajoihna | |
| elative | *rajasta | *rajoista | |
| illative | *rajahën | *rajoihën | |
| adessive | *rajalla | *rajoilla | |
| ablative | *rajalta | *rajoilta | |
| allative | *rajalën *rajalëk |
*rajoilën *rajoilëk | |
| essive | *rajana | *rajoina | |
| translative | *rajaksi | *rajoiksi | |
| instructive | *rajan | *rajoin | |
| comitative | *rajanëk | *rajoinëk | |
| abessive | *rajatta | *rajoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: raja, ⇒ rajakas
- Finnish: (dialectal) raja
- Ingrian: ⇒ rajaska
- Karelian:
- Livvi: ⇒ rajakko
- Veps: ⇒ rajak
Further reading
- “raja”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “raja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN