Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/malja
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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 [script needed] (*mālijaʀ), from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Norse mælir, Old English mǣle, mēle).[1]
Noun
[edit]*malja (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *malja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *malja | *maljat | |
| accusative | *maljan | *maljat | |
| genitive | *maljan | *maljadën *maljoidën | |
| partitive | *maljada | *maljoida | |
| inessive | *maljassa *maljahna |
*maljoissa *maljoihna | |
| elative | *maljasta | *maljoista | |
| illative | *maljahën | *maljoihën | |
| adessive | *maljalla | *maljoilla | |
| ablative | *maljalta | *maljoilta | |
| allative | *maljalën *maljalëk |
*maljoilën *maljoilëk | |
| essive | *maljana | *maljoina | |
| translative | *maljaksi | *maljoiksi | |
| instructive | *maljan | *maljoin | |
| comitative | *maljanëk | *maljoinëk | |
| abessive | *maljatta | *maljoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “malja”, 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