Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/äjjä

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Noun

*äjjä

1. (Finno-Permic) old man

Descendants

• Proto-Permic: *aj (see there for further descendants)
• >? Proto-Mordvinic: *ojə (“friend”)
  • >? Erzya: оя (oja)
  • Moksha: [script needed] (ojä)
• Proto-Samic: *ājjē, *ājjā (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *äijä (see there for further descendants)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.