Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalja

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

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- or *h₂al-ew-yo-, although this remains hypothetical.

Noun

*kalja[1]

  1. (low-alcohol) beer

Inflection

Inflection of *kalja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kalja *kaljat
accusative *kaljan *kaljat
genitive *kaljan *kaljadën
*kaljoidën
partitive *kaljada *kaljoida
inessive *kaljassa
*kaljahna 		*kaljoissa
*kaljoihna
elative *kaljasta *kaljoista
illative *kaljahën *kaljoihën
adessive *kaljalla *kaljoilla
ablative *kaljalta *kaljoilta
allative *kaljalën
*kaljalëk 		*kaljoilën
*kaljoilëk
essive *kaljana *kaljoina
translative *kaljaksi *kaljoiksi
instructive *kaljan *kaljoin
comitative *kaljanëk *kaljoinëk
abessive *kaljatta *kaljoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: kali
  • Finnish: kalja
  • Karelian: kalja
  • Livonian: kaļ
  • Livvi: kalju
  • → Komi-Zyrian: калля (kalľa)

References

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

Further reading

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