Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/harjus

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

Probably from *harja +‎ *-us. Alternatively, and less likely, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harzuz (whence Swedish harr).

Noun

*harjus

  1. grayling (Thymallus thymallus)

Inflection

Inflection of *harjus
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *harjus *harjuksët
accusative *harjuksën *harjuksët
genitive *harjuksën *harjustën
*harjuksidën
partitive *harjusta *harjuksita
inessive *harjuksëssa
*harjuksëhna 		*harjuksissa
*harjuksihna
elative *harjuksësta *harjuksista
illative *harjuksësën *harjuksisën
adessive *harjuksëlla *harjuksilla
ablative *harjuksëlta *harjuksilta
allative *harjuksëlën
*harjuksëlëk 		*harjuksilën
*harjuksilëk
essive *harjussa *harjuksina
translative *harjuksëksi *harjuksiksi
instructive *harjuksën *harjuksin
comitative *harjussëk *harjuksinëk
abessive *harjuksëtta *harjuksitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: harjus
  • Finnish: harjus
  • Karelian: harjus
  • Livvi: harjus
  • Ludian: har'duz
  • Veps: hargus, hargos
  • → Russian: хариус (xarius)

Further reading

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