Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paljas

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

Unknown. Compared with Proto-Germanic *failijaz (compare Old High German feili) or Proto-Germanic *fēlijaz (NW *fālijaz, compare Old High German fāli), but neither is likely to be the origin due to semantic and phonetic issues; it is not even certain whether such words existed in Proto-Germanic.^[1]

Adjective

*paljas^[2]

bare, naked

Inflection

Inflection of *paljas

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*paljas	*paljahët
accusative	*paljahën	*paljahët
genitive	*paljahën	paljastën paljahidën
partitive	*paljasta	*paljahita
inessive	paljahëssa paljahëhna	paljahissa paljahihna
elative	*paljahësta	*paljahista
illative	*paljahësën	*paljahisën
adessive	*paljahëlla	*paljahilla
ablative	*paljahëlta	*paljahilta
allative	paljahëlën paljahëlëk	paljahilën paljahilëk
essive	*paljassa	*paljahina
translative	*paljahëksi	*paljahiksi
instructive	*paljahën	*paljahin
comitative	*paljassëk	*paljahinëk
abessive	*paljahëtta	*paljahitta

Descendants

Estonian: paljas
Finnish: paljas
- → Northern Sami: báljis
Ingrian: paljas
Karelian: pal’l’aš
Livonian: pǭļaz
Livvi: pal'l'as
Ludian: palʹlʹaz
Veps: palʹlʹaz
Võro: pall'as, pal'as
Votic: palʹlʹõz

References

^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*paljas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)