Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaimo
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *wajma-w, derived from Proto-Uralic *wajŋe. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuojŋë.
Noun
[edit]*vaimo[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vaimo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *vaimo | *vaimot | |
accusative | *vaimon | *vaimot | |
genitive | *vaimon | *vaimodën *vaimoidën | |
partitive | *vaimoda | *vaimoida | |
inessive | *vaimossa *vaimohna |
*vaimoissa *vaimoihna | |
elative | *vaimosta | *vaimoista | |
illative | *vaimohën | *vaimoihën | |
adessive | *vaimolla | *vaimoilla | |
ablative | *vaimolta | *vaimoilta | |
allative | *vaimolën *vaimolëk |
*vaimoilën *vaimoilëk | |
essive | *vaimona | *vaimoina | |
translative | *vaimoksi | *vaimoiksi | |
instructive | *vaimon | *vaimoin | |
comitative | *vaimonëk | *vaimoinëk | |
abessive | *vaimotta | *vaimoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: vaim
- → Livonian: vaim
- Finnish: vaimo
- Ingrian: vaimo
- Võro: vaim
- → Proto-Samic: *vājmō (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vaim”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012