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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

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
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