Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haljas

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

From earlier *šaljas, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian zaļš, Lithuanian žalias).

Adjective

*haljas

1. green

   Synonym: *viherä

2. unripe

   Synonym: *raaka

3. bright, shining

Inflection

Inflection of *haljas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*haljas	*haljahët
accusative		*haljahën	*haljahët
genitive		*haljahën	*haljastën *haljahidën
partitive		*haljasta	*haljahita
inessive		*haljahëssa *haljahëhna	*haljahissa *haljahihna
elative		*haljahësta	*haljahista
illative		*haljahësën	*haljahisën
adessive		*haljahëlla	*haljahilla
ablative		*haljahëlta	*haljahilta
allative		*haljahëlën *haljahëlëk	*haljahilën *haljahilëk
essive		*haljassa	*haljahina
translative		*haljahëksi	*haljahiksi
instructive		*haljahën	*haljahin
comitative		*haljassëk	*haljahinëk
abessive		*haljahëtta	*haljahitta

Derived terms

• *halëda

Descendants

• Estonian: haljas
  • →? Finnish: haljas
• Ingrian: haljas
• Livonian:
  • Courland Livonian: ǭļaz
  • Vidzeme Livonian: ales
• Võro: hal'as
• Votic: alʹlʹaz

Further reading

• “haljas”, in [ETY] 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), “haljakka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[3] (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