Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paljas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown. Proto-Germanic *failijaz is probably not the origin due to semantic and phonetic issues.
Adjective
*paljas[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *paljas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *paljas | *paljahët | |
| accusative | *paljahën | *paljahët | |
| genitive | *paljahën | *paljastën *paljahidën | |
| partitive | *paljasta | *paljahita | |
| inessive | *paljahëssa *paljahëhna |
*paljahissa *paljahihna | |
| elative | *paljahësta | *paljahista | |
| illative | *paljahësën | *paljahisën | |
| adessive | *paljahëlla | *paljahilla | |
| ablative | *paljahëlta | *paljahilta | |
| allative | *paljahëlën *paljahëlëk |
*paljahilën *paljahilëk | |
| essive | *paljassa | *paljahina | |
| translative | *paljahëksi | *paljahiksi | |
| instructive | *paljahën | *paljahin | |
| comitative | *paljassëk | *paljahinëk | |
| abessive | *paljahëtta | *paljahitta | |
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
Further reading
- “paljas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012