Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/asja
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Perhaps derived from *asë- (“to live; to put”) (potentially with + *-ja) and ultimately from Proto-Uralic *ëśe-. Alternatively possibly:
- Derivative from a Proto-Uralic root *ate + *-ja (implying *acja), compare Eastern Khanty от (ot).
- Borrowing from Proto-Germanic *(uz)andiją (implying *acja), for which there appears to be little evidence however; the proposed descendant Swedish ärende (“task, errand”) is from Proto-Germanic *airundiją.
- As per Vershinin, relation to Erzya азкс (azks, “story”) (from азомс (azoms, “to offer; tell; curse; promise”)),[1] which is not compatible with any of these.
Noun
*asja[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *asja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *asja | *asjat | |
| accusative | *asjan | *asjat | |
| genitive | *asjan | *asjadën *asjoidën | |
| partitive | *asjada | *asjoida | |
| inessive | *asjassa *asjahna |
*asjoissa *asjoihna | |
| elative | *asjasta | *asjoista | |
| illative | *asjahën | *asjoihën | |
| adessive | *asjalla | *asjoilla | |
| ablative | *asjalta | *asjoilta | |
| allative | *asjalën *asjalëk |
*asjoilën *asjoilëk | |
| essive | *asjana | *asjoina | |
| translative | *asjaksi | *asjoiksi | |
| instructive | *asjan | *asjoin | |
| comitative | *asjanëk | *asjoinëk | |
| abessive | *asjatta | *asjoitta | |
Alternative reconstructions
- *acja
Descendants
- Estonian: asi
- Finnish: asia, (dialectal: Southwestern Finnish, South Karelia, Ingria) asja
- Ingrian: assia
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ažā, (Salaca) aza
- Livvi: azii
- Ludian: azij
- Veps: azj
- Võro: asi
- Votic: azʹzʹõ
- → Proto-Samic: *āššē (see there for further descendants)