Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaat'ëk

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 (Northwest) Proto-Germanic *wādiz +‎ *-ëk. According to LÄGLOS, a Germanic origin is very likely, but a Proto-Germanic origin is uncertain; the word could instead be a later Germanic borrowing.

Noun

*vaat'ëk

1. (Northern Finnic) clothing, garment

   Synonym: *sopa

2. (Northern Finnic) fabric

   Synonym: *kangas

Inflection

Inflection of *vaat'ëk

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vaat'ëk	*vaattëgët
accusative		*vaattëgën	*vaattëgët
genitive		*vaattëgën	*vaattëgëdën *vaattëgidën
partitive		*vaattëgëta	*vaattëgita
inessive		*vaattëgëssa *vaattëgëhna	*vaattëgissa *vaattëgihna
elative		*vaattëgësta	*vaattëgista
illative		*vaattëgësën	*vaattëgisën
adessive		*vaattëgëlla	*vaattëgilla
ablative		*vaattëgëlta	*vaattëgilta
allative		*vaattëgëlën *vaattëgëlëk	*vaattëgilën *vaattëgilëk
essive		*vaattëgëna	*vaattëgina
translative		*vaattëgëksi	*vaattëgiksi
instructive		*vaattëgën	*vaattëgin
comitative		*vaattëgënëk	*vaattëginëk
abessive		*vaattëgëtta	*vaattëgitta

Descendants

• Finnish: vaate
• Ingrian: vaate
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: voate
  • South Karelian: vuate
• Livvi: vuate
• Ludian: vate
• Veps: vate

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vaate”, in 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