Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haltijas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚺᚨᛚᛞᛁᛃᚨᛉ (*haldijaʀ, “holder”).[1]

Noun

*haltijas[2]

  1. spirit, supernatural being

Inflection

Inflection of *haltijas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *haltijas *haltijasët
accusative *haltijasën *haltijasët
genitive *haltijasën *haltijastën
*haltijasidën
partitive *haltijasta *haltijasida
inessive *haltijasëssa
*haltijasëhna 		*haltijasissa
*haltijasihna
elative *haltijasësta *haltijasista
illative *haltijasëhën *haltijasihën
adessive *haltijasëlla *haltijasilla
ablative *haltijasëlta *haltijasilta
allative *haltijasëlën
*haltijasëlëk 		*haltijasilën
*haltijasilëk
essive *haltijassa *haltijasina
translative *haltijasëksi *haltijasiksi
instructive *haltijasën *haltijasin
comitative *haltijassëk *haltijasinëk
abessive *haltijasëtta *haltijasitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: haldjas
  • Ingrian: haltias
  • Votic: (Kattila) altiaz

From *haltija:

  • Finnish: haltija, haltia
    • → Inari Sami: häldee
    • → Lule Sami: hállde
    • → Northern Sami: háldi
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: haltie
    • South Karelian: haldie
  • Livvi: haldii
  • Ludian: halgij
  • Votic: (Lempola) altia

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “haltia”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 29 November 2022
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*haltija(s)”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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