Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kataga
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unclear. The Baltic words might be borrowed from Finnic, or vice versa.
Noun
[edit]*kataga[1]
- juniper (tree)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kataga
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kataga | *katagat | |
| accusative | *katagan | *katagat | |
| genitive | *katagan | *katagadën *katagoidën | |
| partitive | *katagata | *katagoita | |
| inessive | *katagassa *katagahna |
*katagoissa *katagoihna | |
| elative | *katagasta | *katagoista | |
| illative | *katagasën | *katagoisën | |
| adessive | *katagalla | *katagoilla | |
| ablative | *katagalta | *katagoilta | |
| allative | *katagalën *katagalëk |
*katagoilën *katagoilëk | |
| essive | *katagana | *katagoina | |
| translative | *katagaksi | *katagoiksi | |
| instructive | *katagan | *katagoin | |
| comitative | *kataganëk | *katagoinëk | |
| abessive | *katagatta | *katagoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: kadakas
- Finnish: kataja, (dialectal) katava, kataa
- Ingrian: kataja
- Karelian: kataja, kadaja
- Livonian:
- Livvi: kadai
- Ludian: kadai
- Veps: kadag
- Võro: katai
- Votic: katagõ, katajõ
- ? → Baltic:
References
[edit]- “kadakas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012