Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ankërijas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *angurjás (whence Lithuanian ungurys and Old Prussian angurgis).[1]
Noun
*ankërijas[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *ankërijas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ankërijas | *ankërijahët | |
| accusative | *ankërijahën | *ankërijahët | |
| genitive | *ankërijahën | *ankërijastën *ankërijahidën | |
| partitive | *ankërijasta | *ankërijahita | |
| inessive | *ankërijahëssa *ankërijahëhna |
*ankërijahissa *ankërijahihna | |
| elative | *ankërijahësta | *ankërijahista | |
| illative | *ankërijahësën | *ankërijahisën | |
| adessive | *ankërijahëlla | *ankërijahilla | |
| ablative | *ankërijahëlta | *ankërijahilta | |
| allative | *ankërijahëlën *ankërijahëlëk |
*ankërijahilën *ankërijahilëk | |
| essive | *ankërijassa | *ankërijahina | |
| translative | *ankërijahëksi | *ankërijahiksi | |
| instructive | *ankërijahën | *ankërijahin | |
| comitative | *ankërijassëk | *ankërijahinëk | |
| abessive | *ankërijahëtta | *ankërijahitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: angerjas
- Finnish: ankerias
- Ingrian: ankerias
- Livonian: aņgõrz
- → Latvian: (placename) Ȩñgure
- Livvi: ängeriäs
- Võro: angõrjas
- Votic: angõrjõz
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ankerias”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*ankërijas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “angerjas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012