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Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/eža

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This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

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Etymology

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Has been earlier compared to Proto-Finnic *aho, but that term is more likely a Germanic borrowing.

Alternatively, perhaps from a nominalised adjective, from *ež (surface) +‎ *-a.

Noun

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*eža (stem *eža-)

  1. turf
  2. meadow

Declension

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Declension of *eža (stem: *eža-)
singular plural
nominative *eža *ežajas
accusative indefinite *eža *ežajas
definite *ežaäs *ežajasäs
instrumental *ežaän *ežajasän
caritive *ežatäk *ežajastäk
consecutive *ežala *ežajasla
genitive *ežalän *ežajaslän
ablative *ežaliś *ežajasliś
dative *ežali *ežajasli
inessive *ežain *ežajasin
elative *ežaiś *ežajasiś
illative *ežaä *ežajasä
egressive *ežaśań *ežajasśań
approximative *ežalań *ežajaslań
terminative *ežaäʒ́ *ežajasäʒ́
translative *ežati *ežajasti

Descendants

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  • Komi:
    • Komi-Yazva: и́жа (íža)
    • Komi-Zyrian: эжа (eža)
  • Udmurt: ожо (ožo)

References

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  • Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “эжа”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka