Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/orja
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finno-Permic *orja, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas (“Aryan”); see the Proto-Finno-Permic entry for more. Cognates include Erzya уре (uŕe), Moksha уре (uŕe), possibly Proto-Samic *oarjē (“south”).
Noun
[edit]*orja[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *orja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *orja | *orjat | |
| accusative | *orjan | *orjat | |
| genitive | *orjan | *orjadën *orjëidën | |
| partitive | *orjada | *orjëida | |
| inessive | *orjassa *orjahna |
*orjëissa *orjëihna | |
| elative | *orjasta | *orjëista | |
| illative | *orjahën | *orjëihën | |
| adessive | *orjalla | *orjëilla | |
| ablative | *orjalta | *orjëilta | |
| allative | *orjalën *orjalëk |
*orjëilën *orjëilëk | |
| essive | *orjana | *orjëina | |
| translative | *orjaksi | *orjëiksi | |
| instructive | *orjan | *orjëin | |
| comitative | *orjanëk | *orjëinëk | |
| abessive | *orjatta | *orjëitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: ori
- Finnish: orja
- Ingrian: orja
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vȱŗa (“holder for a shingles burnt for lighting”)
- Livvi: orja
- Veps: orj
- Võro: ori
- Votic: orjõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ori”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN