Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/majaga

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 Proto-Finno-Permic *maja +‎ *-ga. Akin to Proto-Mordvinic *mija- and Proto-Permic *moj.

Noun

*majaga[1]

  1. beaver

Inflection

Inflection of *majaga
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *majaga *majagat
accusative *majagan *majagat
genitive *majagan *majagadën
*majagoidën
partitive *majagata *majagoita
inessive *majagassa
*majagahna 		*majagoissa
*majagoihna
elative *majagasta *majagoista
illative *majagasën *majagoisën
adessive *majagalla *majagoilla
ablative *majagalta *majagoilta
allative *majagalën
*majagalëk 		*majagoilën
*majagoilëk
essive *majagana *majagoina
translative *majagaksi *majagoiksi
instructive *majagan *majagoin
comitative *majaganëk *majagoinëk
abessive *majagatta *majagoitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: majava, (dialectal) majaa
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: majai
  • Ludian: majai
  • Veps: majag
  • Võro: majjai, maiai, majaja, majajas
  • → Proto-Samic: *mājēkē (see there for further descendants)

References

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