Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalja
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- or *h₂al-ew-yo-.
Noun
[edit]*kalja[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kalja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kalja | *kaljat | |
accusative | *kaljan | *kaljat | |
genitive | *kaljan | *kaljadën *kaljoidën | |
partitive | *kaljada | *kaljoida | |
inessive | *kaljassa *kaljahna |
*kaljoissa *kaljoihna | |
elative | *kaljasta | *kaljoista | |
illative | *kaljahën | *kaljoihën | |
adessive | *kaljalla | *kaljoilla | |
ablative | *kaljalta | *kaljoilta | |
allative | *kaljalën *kaljalëk |
*kaljoilën *kaljoilëk | |
essive | *kaljana | *kaljoina | |
translative | *kaljaksi | *kaljoiksi | |
instructive | *kaljan | *kaljoin | |
comitative | *kaljanëk | *kaljoinëk | |
abessive | *kaljatta | *kaljoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: kali
- Finnish: kalja
- Karelian: kalja
- Livonian: kaļ
- Livvi: kalju
- → Komi-Zyrian: калля (kalľa)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kali”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012