Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/maja
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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]Unknown, but related to Latvian mãja. There is no consensus on the direction of borrowing, but both directions have been proposed.
Noun
[edit]*maja[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *maja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *maja | *majat | |
| accusative | *majan | *majat | |
| genitive | *majan | *majadën *majoidën | |
| partitive | *majada | *majoida | |
| inessive | *majassa *majahna |
*majoissa *majoihna | |
| elative | *majasta | *majoista | |
| illative | *majahën | *majoihën | |
| adessive | *majalla | *majoilla | |
| ablative | *majalta | *majoilta | |
| allative | *majalën *majalëk |
*majoilën *majoilëk | |
| essive | *majana | *majoina | |
| translative | *majaksi | *majoiksi | |
| instructive | *majan | *majoin | |
| comitative | *majanëk | *majoinëk | |
| abessive | *majatta | *majoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: maja
- Finnish: maja
- Ingrian: maja
- Karelian: maja
- Livonian: mǭj (in compounds: īemǭj, mǭjpāika)
- Livvi: maja
- Ludian: maja
- Võro: maja
- Votic: maja
- →? Latgalian: muoja
- →? Latvian: māja
- →? Latvian: māj (kursenieki)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “maja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012