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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raja

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

Sound-symbolic.

Noun

*raja

  1. worn out object

Inflection
Inflection of *raja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *raja *rajat
accusative *rajan *rajat
genitive *rajan *rajadën
*rajoidën
partitive *rajada *rajoida
inessive *rajassa
*rajahna		 *rajoissa
*rajoihna
elative *rajasta *rajoista
illative *rajahën *rajoihën
adessive *rajalla *rajoilla
ablative *rajalta *rajoilta
allative *rajalën
*rajalëk		 *rajoilën
*rajoilëk
essive *rajana *rajoina
translative *rajaksi *rajoiksi
instructive *rajan *rajoin
comitative *rajanëk *rajoinëk
abessive *rajatta *rajoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: raja, ⇒ rajakas
  • Finnish: (dialectal) raja
  • Ingrian: ⇒ rajaska
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: raja, rajakko
    • South Karelian: raja, rajakko
  • Livvi: ⇒ rajakko
  • Veps: ⇒ rajak

Further reading
  • raja in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “raja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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