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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalja

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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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Possibly borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- or *h₂al-ew-yo-.

Noun

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*kalja[1]

  1. (low-alcohol) beer

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kali
  • Finnish: kalja
  • Karelian: kalja
  • Livonian: kaļ
  • Livvi: kalju
  • Komi-Zyrian: калля (kalľa)

References

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

Further reading

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