Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paja

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

Uncertain. Possibly from pre-Germanic *pago- (later Proto-Germanic *faką).

Noun

*paja[1]

  1. smithy, forge

Inflection

Inflection of *paja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *paja *pajat
accusative *pajan *pajat
genitive *pajan *pajadën
*pajoidën
partitive *pajada *pajoida
inessive *pajassa
*pajahna 		*pajoissa
*pajoihna
elative *pajasta *pajoista
illative *pajahën *pajoihën
adessive *pajalla *pajoilla
ablative *pajalta *pajoilta
allative *pajalën
*pajalëk 		*pajoilën
*pajoilëk
essive *pajana *pajoina
translative *pajaksi *pajoiksi
instructive *pajan *pajoin
comitative *pajanëk *pajoinëk
abessive *pajatta *pajoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: paja
  • Finnish: paja
    • → Northern Sami: bádji
  • Ingrian: paja
  • Karelian: paja
  • Livvi: paja
  • Ludian: paja
  • Veps: paja
  • Võro: paja
  • Votic: paja

References

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

Further reading

  • “paja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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