Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aisa

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

From earlier *ajësa, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *ajesa. Compare Sanskrit ईषा (īṣā).

Noun

*aisa^[1]

shaft, thill (one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle)

Inflection

Inflection of *aisa

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*aisa	*aisat
accusative	*aisan	*aisat
genitive	*aisan	aisadën aisoidën
partitive	*aisada	*aisoida
inessive	aisassa aisahna	aisoissa aisoihna
elative	*aisasta	*aisoista
illative	*aisahën	*aisoihën
adessive	*aisalla	*aisoilla
ablative	*aisalta	*aisoilta
allative	aisalën aisalëk	aisoilën aisoilëk
essive	*aisana	*aisoina
translative	*aisaksi	*aisoiksi
instructive	*aisan	*aisoin
comitative	*aisanëk	*aisoinëk
abessive	*aisatta	*aisoitta

Descendants

Estonian: ais
Finnish: aisa
- → Northern Sami: áisá
Ingrian: aisa
Karelian:
- North Karelian: aisa
- South Karelian: aiza
Livvi: aižu
Ludian: aiž
Veps: aiž, aižaz
Votic: aisõ

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*aisa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

“ais”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “aisa”, 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

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*aisa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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