Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/malja

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*mālijaʀ), from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Norse mælir, Old English mǣle, mēle).

Noun

*malja (Northern Finnic)

1. bowl, cup, dish

Inflection

Inflection of *malja

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*malja	*maljat
accusative		*maljan	*maljat
genitive		*maljan	*maljadën *maljoidën
partitive		*maljada	*maljoida
inessive		*maljassa *maljahna	*maljoissa *maljoihna
elative		*maljasta	*maljoista
illative		*maljahën	*maljoihën
adessive		*maljalla	*maljoilla
ablative		*maljalta	*maljoilta
allative		*maljalën *maljalëk	*maljoilën *maljoilëk
essive		*maljana	*maljoina
translative		*maljaksi	*maljoiksi
instructive		*maljan	*maljoin
comitative		*maljanëk	*maljoinëk
abessive		*maljatta	*maljoitta

Descendants

• Finnish: malja
• Ingrian: malja
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: malʹlʹa
  • South Karelian: malʹlʹa
• Livvi: malʹlʹu
• Ludian: malʹlʹ
• Veps: maĺ

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “malja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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