Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paljas

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

Unknown. Proto-Germanic *failijaz is probably not the origin due to semantic and phonetic issues.

Adjective

*paljas[1]

  1. bare, naked

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: paljas
  • Finnish: paljas
    • Northern Sami: báljis
  • Ingrian: paljas
  • Karelian: pal’l’aš
  • Livonian: pǭļaz
  • Livvi: pal'l'as
  • Ludian: pal'l'az
  • Veps: pal'l'az
  • Võro: pall'as, pal'as
  • Votic: palʹlʹõz

References

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

Further reading

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