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 Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian akėčios) or from Proto-Germanic *agiþō;^[1] in either case the ultimate origin would be Proto-Indo-European *h₂oḱ-et-eh₂, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

*äges^[2]

harrow

Inflection

Inflection of *äges

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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

Derived terms

*ägestädäk

Descendants

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

References

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*äges”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)