Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jalaga

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Slavic *elьxa, *olьxa (“alder”).

Noun

*jalaga

  1. elm

Inflection

Inflection of *jalaga
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *jalaga *jalagat
accusative *jalagan *jalagat
genitive *jalagan *jalagadën
*jalagoidën
partitive *jalagata *jalagoita
inessive *jalagassa
*jalagahna 		*jalagoissa
*jalagoihna
elative *jalagasta *jalagoista
illative *jalagasën *jalagoisën
adessive *jalagalla *jalagoilla
ablative *jalagalta *jalagoilta
allative *jalagalën
*jalagalëk 		*jalagoilën
*jalagoilëk
essive *jalagana *jalagoina
translative *jalagaksi *jalagoiksi
instructive *jalagan *jalagoin
comitative *jalaganëk *jalagoinëk
abessive *jalagatta *jalagoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: jalakas
  • Finnish: jalava
  • Ingrian: jalaja
  • Ludian: d'alai
  • Veps: jalam
  • Võro: jallai
  • Votic: jalajõ, (Pummala) jalaja, jalaga, (Pummala) jalakka
    • Kukkuzi: jalakka

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*jala-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • “jalakas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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