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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/akja
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *agjō (“edge, corner”).
Inflection
Inflection of *akja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *akja | *akjat | |
| accusative | *akjan | *akjat | |
| genitive | *akjan | *akjaden *akjoiden | |
| partitive | *akjada | *akjoida | |
| inessive | *akjassa *akjahna |
*akjoissa *akjoihna | |
| elative | *akjasta | *akjoista | |
| illative | *akjahen | *akjoihen | |
| adessive | *akjalla | *akjoilla | |
| ablative | *akjalta | *akjoilta | |
| allative | *akjalen *akjalek |
*akjoilen *akjoilek | |
| essive | *akjana | *akjoina | |
| translative | *akjaksi | *akjoiksi | |
| instructive | *akjan | *akjoin | |
| comitative | *akjanek | *akjoinek | |
| abessive | *akjatta | *akjoitta | |
Descendants
- Livonian: aigā (“shore, edge, place, side”) (via consonantal metathesis)
- →? Sudovian: ajga (“end”)
- Estonian: ai (“hem of a skirt or shirt”)
- → Swedish: ai, aina, nai (Estonian Swedish)
- Finnish: aaja (“large, wide; large area”) (dialectal)
- Livvi: agju (“edge, end, border”)
- Ludian: agď (“tip, end”)
- Veps: aǵj (“tip, piece, end”)
Further reading
- ai in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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