Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaja

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 1

    From Proto-Uralic *kaja (sun, dawn) (whence also Proto-Samoyedic *kåjå (sun)).

    Noun

    *kaja[1]

    1. dawn, daybreak
    Inflection
    Derived terms
    • *kajastadak
      • Estonian: kajastama/kajastada
      • Finnish: kajastaa
    Descendants

    From *kajos (+ *-os):

    • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) kajos
    • Karelian:
      • North Karelian: kajoš
      • South Karelian: kajoš
    • Livvi: kajos
    • Ludian: kajoz
    • Veps: kajoz

    Etymology 2

      Onomatopoeic, possibly related to *kaikudak.

      Noun

      *kaja[2]

      1. echo
      Inflection
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Further reading

      • kaja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
      • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kajastaa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
      • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kajata”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

      References

      1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kaja²”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
      2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kaja¹”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)