Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/harjus

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

Etymology

Probably derived from *harja (“mane, bristle, crest, brush”) as *harja +‎ *-us. An origin from Proto-Germanic *harzuz (whence Swedish harr) has later been rejected.

Noun

*harjus

1. grayling (Thymallus thymallus)

Inflection

Inflection of *harjus

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*harjus	*harjuksët
accusative		*harjuksën	*harjuksët
genitive		*harjuksën	*harjustën *harjuksidën
partitive		*harjusta	*harjuksita
inessive		*harjuksëssa *harjuksëhna	*harjuksissa *harjuksihna
elative		*harjuksësta	*harjuksista
illative		*harjuksësën	*harjuksisën
adessive		*harjuksëlla	*harjuksilla
ablative		*harjuksëlta	*harjuksilta
allative		*harjuksëlën *harjuksëlëk	*harjuksilën *harjuksilëk
essive		*harjussa	*harjuksina
translative		*harjuksëksi	*harjuksiksi
instructive		*harjuksën	*harjuksin
comitative		*harjussëk	*harjuksinëk
abessive		*harjuksëtta	*harjuksitta

Descendants

• Estonian: harjus
• Finnish: harjus
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: harjuš
  • South Karelian: harjuš
• Livvi: harjus
• Ludian: harʹduz
• Veps: hargus, hargos
• → Russian: хариус (xarius) (from Finnish, Karelian or Livvi)

Further reading

• “hari”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “harjus”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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