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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aisa
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *ajesa, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *ajesa. Compare Sanskrit ईषा (īṣā).
Noun
*aisa
- shaft, thill (one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle)
Inflection
Inflection of *aisa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *aisa | *aisat | |
accusative | *aisan | *aisat | |
genitive | *aisan | *aisaden *aisoiden | |
partitive | *aisada | *aisoida | |
inessive | *aisassa *aisahna | *aisoissa *aisoihna | |
elative | *aisasta | *aisoista | |
illative | *aisahen | *aisoihen | |
adessive | *aisalla | *aisoilla | |
ablative | *aisalta | *aisoilta | |
allative | *aisalen *aisalek | *aisoilen *aisoilek | |
essive | *aisana | *aisoina | |
translative | *aisaksi | *aisoiksi | |
instructive | *aisan | *aisoin | |
comitative | *aisanek | *aisoinek | |
abessive | *aisatta | *aisoitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: ais
- Finnish: aisa
- → Northern Sami: áisá
- Ingrian: aisa
- Karelian: aisa, aiža
- Livvi: aižu
- Ludian: aiž
- Veps: aiž, aižaz
- Votic: aisõ
Further reading
- ais in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “aisa”, 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