Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lahja
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛒᛚᚨᚺᛃᛟ (*blahjo), from Proto-Germanic *blahjǭ (“cloth”), whence also Icelandic blæja and Swedish blöja.
Noun
[edit]*lahja
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *lahja
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 | *lahja | *lahjat | |
accusative | *lahjan | *lahjat | |
genitive | *lahjan | *lahjadën *lahjoidën | |
partitive | *lahjada | *lahjoida | |
inessive | *lahjassa *lahjahna |
*lahjoissa *lahjoihna | |
elative | *lahjasta | *lahjoista | |
illative | *lahjahën | *lahjoihën | |
adessive | *lahjalla | *lahjoilla | |
ablative | *lahjalta | *lahjoilta | |
allative | *lahjalën *lahjalëk |
*lahjoilën *lahjoilëk | |
essive | *lahjana | *lahjoina | |
translative | *lahjaksi | *lahjoiksi | |
instructive | *lahjan | *lahjoin | |
comitative | *lahjanëk | *lahjoinëk | |
abessive | *lahjatta | *lahjoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: lahja
- → Northern Sami: láhji
- Ingrian: lahja
- → Estonian: (dialectal) lahjad
- Karelian:
- Livvi: lahju
- Ludian: lahd'
- Veps: lahj
- Votic: lahjõ
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lahja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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