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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Permic *äjjä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ājjē, *ājjā.

Noun

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*äijä[1]

  1. old man

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: äi
  • Finnish: äijä
  • Ingrian: äijä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: äijy
  • Ludian: äij
  • Veps: äi
  • Võro: äi
  • Votic: äjje, ädʹdʹe

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*äijä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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