Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nojëla

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Inari Sami njuoijâl, njyeijil), suggesting earlier *ńojela. Further origin unknown.

Adjective

*nojëla[1]

  1. (Northern Finnic) flexible, bendy

Inflection

Inflection of *nojëla
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nojëla *nojëlat
accusative *nojëlan *nojëlat
genitive *nojëlan *nojëladën
*nojëloidën
partitive *nojëlata *nojëloita
inessive *nojëlassa
*nojëlahna 		*nojëloissa
*nojëloihna
elative *nojëlasta *nojëloista
illative *nojëlasën *nojëloisën
adessive *nojëlalla *nojëloilla
ablative *nojëlalta *nojëloilta
allative *nojëlalën
*nojëlalëk 		*nojëloilën
*nojëloilëk
essive *nojëlana *nojëloina
translative *nojëlaksi *nojëloiksi
instructive *nojëlan *nojëloin
comitative *nojëlanëk *nojëloinëk
abessive *nojëlatta *nojëloitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: (dialectal) nojela
  • Veps: nojel

References

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

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “nojela”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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
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