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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haltijas

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 *ᚺᚨᛚᛞᛁᛃᚨᛉ (*haldijaʀ, “holder”).[1]

Noun

*haltijas

  1. spirit, supernatural being

Inflection
Inflection of *haltijas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *haltijas *haltijasët
accusative *haltijasën *haltijasët
genitive *haltijasën *haltijastën
*haltijasidën
partitive *haltijasta *haltijasida
inessive *haltijasëssa
*haltijasëhna		 *haltijasissa
*haltijasihna
elative *haltijasësta *haltijasista
illative *haltijasëhën *haltijasihën
adessive *haltijasëlla *haltijasilla
ablative *haltijasëlta *haltijasilta
allative *haltijasëlën
*haltijasëlëk		 *haltijasilën
*haltijasilëk
essive *haltijassa *haltijasina
translative *haltijasëksi *haltijasiksi
instructive *haltijasën *haltijasin
comitative *haltijassëk *haltijasinëk
abessive *haltijasëtta *haltijasitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: haldjas
  • Finnish: haltija, haltia
    • → Inari Sami: häldee
    • → Lule Sami: hállde
    • → Northern Sami: háldi
  • Ingrian: haltias
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: haltie
    • South Karelian: haldie
  • Livvi: haldii
  • Ludian: halgij
  • Votic: (Kattila) altiaz, (Lempola) altia

Further reading
  • “haldjas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

References
  1. Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “haltia”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29
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