Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/harja
 |
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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *šarja, from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian šerys. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”).
Noun
[edit]*harja[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *harja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *harja | *harjat | |
| accusative | *harjan | *harjat | |
| genitive | *harjan | *harjadën *harjoidën | |
| partitive | *harjada | *harjoida | |
| inessive | *harjassa *harjahna |
*harjoissa *harjoihna | |
| elative | *harjasta | *harjoista | |
| illative | *harjahën | *harjoihën | |
| adessive | *harjalla | *harjoilla | |
| ablative | *harjalta | *harjoilta | |
| allative | *harjalën *harjalëk |
*harjoilën *harjoilëk | |
| essive | *harjana | *harjoina | |
| translative | *harjaksi | *harjoiksi | |
| instructive | *harjan | *harjoin | |
| comitative | *harjanëk | *harjoinëk | |
| abessive | *harjatta | *harjoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: hari
- Finnish: harja
- Ingrian: harja
- Karelian: harja
- Livonian: ōŗa
- Livvi: harju
- Ludian: haŕď
- Veps: harj
- Võro: hari
- Votic: arjõ
References
[edit]- “hari”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012