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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valjas

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *valias (whence Old Prussian walis (“drawbar”)).

Noun

*valjas

  1. (usually in the plural) harness, bridle

Inflection
Inflection of *valjas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *valjas *valjahët
accusative *valjahën *valjahët
genitive *valjahën *valjastën
*valjahidën
partitive *valjasta *valjahita
inessive *valjahëssa
*valjahëhna		 *valjahissa
*valjahihna
elative *valjahësta *valjahista
illative *valjahësën *valjahisën
adessive *valjahëlla *valjahilla
ablative *valjahëlta *valjahilta
allative *valjahëlën
*valjahëlëk		 *valjahilën
*valjahilëk
essive *valjassa *valjahina
translative *valjahëksi *valjahiksi
instructive *valjahën *valjahin
comitative *valjassëk *valjahinëk
abessive *valjahëtta *valjahitta

Derived terms
  • *valjastadak

Descendants
  • Estonian: valjad pl
  • Finnish: valjaat pl, valjas
  • Ingrian: valjahat pl
  • Karelian: valjahat pl
  • Livvi: vaľľahad pl
  • Ludian: vaľľahad pl
  • ⇒ Veps: vaľľastuz
  • Votic: valʹlʹad pl

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