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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/asja

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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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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Perhaps derived from *asëdak (to live) (potentially with +‎ *-ja) and ultimately from Proto-Uralic *ëśe-. Alternatively possibly:

Noun

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*asja[2]

  1. matter, case

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: asi
  • Finnish: asia, (dialectal: Southwestern Finnish, South Karelia, Ingria) asja
  • Ingrian: assia
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: asie
    • South Karelian: azie
  • Livonian: ažā
  • Livvi: azii, uadžu
  • Ludian: uadž
  • Veps: azj
  • Võro: asi
  • Votic: azʹzʹõ
  • Proto-Samic: *āššē (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Vershynin V. Etimologicheskiy slovar mordovskikh (erzyanskogo i mokshanskogo) yazykov, vol. I, p. 10
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*asja”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “oatša”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN