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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/acja
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Three etymologies have been proposed:
- Derivative from a Proto-Uralic root *ate + *-ja, compare eastern Khanty от (ot).
- Derivative from *asedak (“to live”) (suggesting instead *asja) and ultimately from Proto-Uralic *ëśe-.
- Borrowing from Proto-Germanic *(uz)andiją, for which there appears to be little evidence however; the proposed descendant Swedish ärende (“task, errand”) is from Proto-Germanic *airundiją.
Vershinin moreover compares the word with Erzya азкс (azks, “story”)[1] which is not compatible with any of these.
Inflection
Inflection of *acja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *acja | *acjat | |
accusative | *acjan | *acjat | |
genitive | *acjan | *acjaden *acjoiden | |
partitive | *acjada | *acjoida | |
inessive | *acjassa *acjahna |
*acjoissa *acjoihna | |
elative | *acjasta | *acjoista | |
illative | *acjahen | *acjoihen | |
adessive | *acjalla | *acjoilla | |
ablative | *acjalta | *acjoilta | |
allative | *acjalen *acjalek |
*acjoilen *acjoilek | |
essive | *acjana | *acjoina | |
translative | *acjaksi | *acjoiksi | |
instructive | *acjan | *acjoin | |
comitative | *acjanek | *acjoinek | |
abessive | *acjatta | *acjoitta |
Descendants
References
- Vershynin V. Etimologicheskiy slovar mordovskikh (erzyanskogo i mokshanskogo) yazykov, vol. I, p. 10
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