Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lahja
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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]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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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