Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalja

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

Possibly borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- or *h₂al-ew-yo-.

Noun

*kalja

1. (low-alcohol) beer

Inflection

Inflection of *kalja

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kalja	*kaljat
accusative		*kaljan	*kaljat
genitive		*kaljan	*kaljadën *kaljoidën
partitive		*kaljada	*kaljoida
inessive		*kaljassa *kaljahna	*kaljoissa *kaljoihna
elative		*kaljasta	*kaljoista
illative		*kaljahën	*kaljoihën
adessive		*kaljalla	*kaljoilla
ablative		*kaljalta	*kaljoilta
allative		*kaljalën *kaljalëk	*kaljoilën *kaljoilëk
essive		*kaljana	*kaljoina
translative		*kaljaksi	*kaljoiksi
instructive		*kaljan	*kaljoin
comitative		*kaljanëk	*kaljoinëk
abessive		*kaljatta	*kaljoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kali
• Finnish: kalja
• Karelian: kalja
• Livonian: kaļ
• Livvi: kalju
• → Komi-Zyrian: калля (kalľa)

Further reading

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