Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/äges

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

Probably borrowed either from Baltic (compare Lithuanian akečios) or from Proto-Germanic *agiþō; in either case the ultimate origin would be Proto-Indo-European *h₂oḱ-et-eh₂, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

*äges

1. harrow

Inflection

Inflection of *äges

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*äges	*äkehet
accusative		*äkehen	*äkehet
genitive		*äkehen	*ägesten *äkehiden
partitive		*ägestä	*äkehitä
inessive		*äkehessä *äkehehnä	*äkehissä *äkehihnä
elative		*äkehestä	*äkehistä
illative		*äkehesen	*äkehisen
adessive		*äkehellä	*äkehillä
ablative		*äkeheltä	*äkehiltä
allative		*äkehelen *äkehelek	*äkehilen *äkehilek
essive		*ägessä	*äkehinä
translative		*äkeheksi	*äkehiksi
instructive		*äkehen	*äkehin
comitative		*ägessek	*äkehinek
abessive		*äkehettä	*äkehittä

Descendants

• Estonian: äke
• Finnish: äes
• Livonian: ä’ggõz
• Ludian: ägez
• Veps: ägez
• Võro: ? äkl'
• Votic: äez
• → Komi-Zyrian: агас (agas)

Further reading

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