Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paja
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly from pre-Germanic *pago- (later Proto-Germanic *faką).
Noun
[edit]*paja
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *paja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *paja | *pajat | |
accusative | *pajan | *pajat | |
genitive | *pajan | *pajadën *pajoidën | |
partitive | *pajada | *pajoida | |
inessive | *pajassa *pajahna |
*pajoissa *pajoihna | |
elative | *pajasta | *pajoista | |
illative | *pajahën | *pajoihën | |
adessive | *pajalla | *pajoilla | |
ablative | *pajalta | *pajoilta | |
allative | *pajalën *pajalëk |
*pajoilën *pajoilëk | |
essive | *pajana | *pajoina | |
translative | *pajaksi | *pajoiksi | |
instructive | *pajan | *pajoin | |
comitative | *pajanëk | *pajoinëk | |
abessive | *pajatta | *pajoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: paja
- Finnish: paja
- → Northern Sami: bádji
- Ingrian: paja
- Karelian: paja
- Livvi: paja
- Ludian: paja
- Veps: paja
- Võro: paja
- Votic: paja
Further reading
[edit]- “paja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012