Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaha
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *vakša, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vakša, later *wáśka (whence Latvian vasks, Lithuanian vaškas).
Noun
[edit]*vaha[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vaha
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vaha | *vahat | |
| accusative | *vahan | *vahat | |
| genitive | *vahan | *vahadën *vahoidën | |
| partitive | *vahada | *vahoida | |
| inessive | *vahassa *vahahna |
*vahoissa *vahoihna | |
| elative | *vahasta | *vahoista | |
| illative | *vahahën | *vahoihën | |
| adessive | *vahalla | *vahoilla | |
| ablative | *vahalta | *vahoilta | |
| allative | *vahalën *vahalëk |
*vahoilën *vahoilëk | |
| essive | *vahana | *vahoina | |
| translative | *vahaksi | *vahoiksi | |
| instructive | *vahan | *vahoin | |
| comitative | *vahanëk | *vahoinëk | |
| abessive | *vahatta | *vahoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: vaha
- Finnish: vaha
- Ingrian: vaha
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vǭ’
- Livvi: vaha
- Ludian: vaha
- Veps: vaha
- Võro: vaha
- Votic: vaha
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vaha”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vaha”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (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